How did life originate? Did it form on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system and was it seeded on Earth by impact of an ...

The Bennu asteroid, a space rock not too far from Earth that is rich in carbon, continues to be a trove of information for scientists keen to learn about how life may have begun in our solar system.

With the return of an Asteroid Bennu sample in 2023 as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, researchers from the University of Arizona have made significant discoveries toward understanding the origins ...

Jessica Barnes examines a vial containing sample particles at the Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, located at the University of Arizona. Asteroid Bennu — the target of NASA's ...

Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system. Scientists have been studying the samples since NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft carried them back to ...

A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of carbon, said ...

New results from OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. How these asteroids ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission is currently orbiting the 500-m (1,640-ft.) wide Bennu at just 680 m altitude, breaking a record the spacecraft previously set when it maneuvered into ...