NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

Deposits Found on a Nearby Asteroid Point to Salty Water in the Outer Solar System Scientists have uncovered salt minerals in ...

Researchers expect similar sodium salts to be found on the dwarf planet Ceres, in water plumes from Saturn's Enceladus, and ...

An elusive oarfish was spotted in the shallow waters of Baja California Sur, along Mexico's Pacific Coast. Known for its long ...

By Alimat Aliyeva Japanese scientists from Kyoto University have discovered evidence of salt minerals on the asteroid R ...

The oarfish, which is also referred to as the doomsday fish, is a deep-water creature and spends most of its time floating ...

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

The analysis revealed that the concentration of N-heterocycles is approximately 5 nmol/g, 5–10 times higher than that reported from Ryugu. In addition to the five nitrogenous bases—adenine ...