The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to solar system dwarf planet Ceres by one or more space rocks from the ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ingredients essential to life, such as water, phosphate and ammonia. Together, ...

The building blocks of life have been found on an asteroid, scientists have said. Samples taken by Nasa from the ­asteroid Bennu have not only the ingredients required to life, but also show the ...

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

This means it will be positioned on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun, and the three will form an almost straight line in space. Mars oppositions don’t happen every year because of the ...

Without it, the solar wind (a stream of charged particles from the sun) could strip away our atmosphere and make Earth much less hospitable for life. The magnetic field also helps animals navigate.

The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans has a way of catching our attention. Our species has spread across land and sea, altering the planet in countless ways. Still, Earth’s history shows ...

The research involved eight cowpea seeds placed in a regulated closed-box setting with precise temperature control, establishing essential groundwork for agricultural studies beyond Earth.