NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

International team finds glucose and ribose in samples from asteroid Bennu, marking first glucose discovery in space ...

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

LONGUEUIL, QC, Dec. 15, 2025 /CNW/ - Once again this year, space enthusiasts have witnessed big leaps forward in Canada. Between technological breakthroughs, discoveries and international ...

In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought materials from the surface of the asteroid Bennu (pictured) safely back to Earth. The returned samples were then curated carefully, to prevent the ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V rocket carrying 27 Amazon Leo satellites on December 16, advancing Project Leo’s low Earth orbit internet constellation alongside other commercial rockets.

The nitrogen in the gum was found to be in nitrogen heterocycles, which are the building blocks of nucleobases in DNA and RNA ...