Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet.

NASA JPL is diving into an eventful 2025 with ambitious space missions despite challenges like the Eaton Fire. Exciting ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

NASA appears to be retaining existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after calls to bring ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

The founder of SpaceX said President Trump had asked his company to return two astronauts aboard the space station to Earth ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and ...

When an exoplanet is discovered, scientists are quick to describe it and explain its properties. Now, we know of thousands of ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back samples from asteroid Bennu, uncovering clues about the origins of life. Scientists ...

Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...