LifeTracer is not a universal life detector. Rather, it provides a foundation for interpreting complex organic mixtures. The ...

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

Bennu is a primitive rock. It has remained mostly unchanged since the birth of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago. On September 24, 2023, dust and mineral samples were hauled to Earth by ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth. Contained within are hints about the very beginning of the solar system and how ...

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed an unexpected mix of sugars, sticky 'gum-like' material and ancient stardust. Scientists ...

Another study in Nature Astronomy, led by Scott Sandford at NASA’s Ames Research Center and Zack Gainsforth of UC Berkeley, ...

NASA has found sugars essential for life on Earth in samples of the 4.6 billion-year-old Bennu asteroid. Scientists ...

Researchers say the latest discovery is particularly significant because tryptophan has never before been detected in ...