Complex organic molecules (COM) are those that contain six or more atoms, one or more of which must be carbon. Amino acids ...

The mission will reveal how much ice is present in a given molecular cloud, giving scientists more information about how life's most essential ingredient of water moves through the universe.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned with samples from Bennu in 2023. Bennu is a near-Earth asteroid. The samples contained the building blocks of life and provide more evidence that asteroids ...

Scientists have discovered the building blocks of life in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid. In January 2025, scientists announced the discovery of organic molecules— the building blocks ...

Exciting new discoveries from asteroid Bennu reveal building blocks of life, shedding light on the origins of organic matter in space. Usman Khawaja recovers from 'getting Bumrah-ed' by nearly ...

Now, a pair of newly published papers reveal that the samples contain precursors to life that formed in a watery environment—a watery environment very similar to the one that prevailed on Earth ...