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Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite ...

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 ...

In the rugged goldfields of southeastern Australia, a local prospector spent years trying to crack open a mysterious, ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...