Asteroid hurtling toward Earth found to be teeming with building blocks of life: researchers

Scientists discovered ribose — in addition to “all five nucleobases used to construct both DNA and RNA” — on asteroid Bennu, ...

NASA warns of back-to-back asteroid approaches: What to expect and what it means for Earth

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...

Signs of life on asteroid? NASA detects crucial 'building blocks' on Bennu

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission found sugars essential for biology on asteroid Bennu. These sugars, along with previously found ...

What is 'space gum?' New analysis of Bennu asteroid yields surprising finds

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something NASA is calling "space gum?" ...
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NASA Finds the Building Blocks of DNA in Samples From Distant Asteroid, But Also… Gum

Three more papers on the samples brought back from asteroid Bennu reveal the place contains the building blocks of DNA and ...
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Suppose only 1,000 people remained on Earth

With so many amazing things happening in the world today, what could possibly go wrong? Well...A giant asteroid is barrelling on a collision course with Earth, and life as we know it is on the brink.

NASA’s astonishing find on asteroid Bennu breathes sweet, new life into age-old scientific question

Talk about a sugar rush! NASA may have just come a little closer to cracking one of science’s most enduring mysteries — how ...

Why is the moon so big today? December full cold supermoon 2025 tonight

Wondering why the moon is so big and orange tonight? Here's when, what time to see the December cold supermoon 2025 and its ...