SPHEREx to study galaxy evolution and cosmic origins NASA’s mission to locate water and life-forming molecules in space Launch aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled for February 27 ...

The asteroid sample, collected by NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission ... and nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA. The sample also contained nitrogen and carbon-rich compounds, including 14 of ...

NASA has presented rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu which exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life.

A NASA spacecraft brought samples from the asteroid Bennu back to Earth in 2023. The first in-depth analyses of that material have revealed organic molecules, including building blocks of life.

wide and stands taller than the Empire State Building. However, more excitingly, it may contain key secrets about life on Earth. In 2020, a NASA spacecraft scooped up a sample of dust from Bennu ...

An artist's rendering depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-and-Go Sample Arm Mechanism.

but they did find evidence of the building blocks of life. “Finding the ingredients to life is always very interesting,” said Jason Dworkin, Senior Scientist at NASA. Dworkin co-authored a ...