When researchers finally cracked open the canisters from asteroid Bennu, they were not just sifting through dust. They were ...

China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...

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 ...

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

When scientists analyzed the sample returned from asteroid Bennu, they quickly realized it contained more than anticipated.

The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan from NASA, won't be on display for visitors, but will give scientists the ...

A small, dark and rigid space rock that touched down at the Field Museum this month could hold the answers to the origin of life in the universe, researchers say. The rock is just a portion of a ...

(CNN) — Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our planet about ...

NASA's asteroid sample has revealed new chemical evidence that scientists say sharpens the picture of how the solar system formed and how the ingredients for life spread through space. Three studies ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...