A sleep-inducing molecule humans use to make proteins was found, along with other amino acids, on an asteroid named Bennu.

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

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

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Bennu is believed to have originated from the shards of a much larger world. Curiously, asteroid Ryugu, sampled by the ...

NASA has detected signs of a molecule that creates the happy hormone serotonin in an asteroid. Scientists have long believed ...

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 ...

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

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

Asteroid 2022 RD2 is a near-Earth object that could become a temporary moon, then later a potential crash risk for the planet later this century. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration Scientists ...