REx brought back to Earth 121 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. This is the largest sample ever collected and brought ...

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.

The technique of brining has a far wider application than holiday birds like Turkey alone, and most meats don't need to be ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...

The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from asteroid Bennu in 2020.

Researchers have developed a novel energy system comprising PVT panels, reverse osmosis, reverse electrodialysis, and proton ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...