The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...

The writers of Star Trek went above and beyond to make the universe as realistic as possible.

Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space ...

Framed as a wacky morning talk show, The Science of Stuff will have performers tour local schools and libraries teaching kids ...

A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments simulating interstellar space show that simple amino acids can link into peptides, ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have identified a molecule that blocks the gene responsible for glioblastoma, ...

An experimental inhibitor regrew cartilage in aged mice, opening up an alternative to arthritis and prosthetics.

A slice of the Mont Blanc glacier has become one of the first Alpine ice samples to be stashed away in a natural Antarctic freezer for future scientists to study. Ice from France's iconic Mont Blanc ...

Scientists have discovered why ovarian cancer spreads so rapidly through the abdomen. Cancer cells enlist normally protective ...

Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...