Some amino acids can be built in two ways that mirror each other, like a pair of right and left hands. Life on Earth uses the ...

The building blocks of DNA have been found in samples returned to Earth from an asteroid, suggesting life rained down from ...

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission , have revealed new ...

Experts have unearthed the 'strongest evidence yet' for aliens on other planets after pieces of an asteroid were found to ...

The Sewage Map, the first comprehensive waterways map, has been created to show the true extent of untreated sewage being ...

An asteroid the size of a jumbo jet that has more than a 1 per cent chance of hitting Earth has just been discovered. The ...

A crucial legal test over the right to protest is due to begin at the Court of Appeal today, where a number of Just Stop Oil ...

The discovery of a planet that is just 20 light-years away has been said to be the closest Earth analogue that scientists ...

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 ...

Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid whose components have remained relatively unchanged since the solar system's early days. NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission captured samples from the surface of the asteroid and ...

Viasat partners with the European Space Agency to use the satellites to connect to phones and IoT devices on the ground.