Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but ...

After a $30 million donor pledge fell through, the Museum of the Earth continues to endure severe financial challenges.

Samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the asteroid Bennu had organic molecules and minerals and possibly salty water and other life ingredients.

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A new study reveals that life on the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing significant changes due to climate change and other ...

An extensive new exhibition at the CCCB in Barcelona takes a look at the art, culture, biodiversity and history of the Amazon ...