Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

From ancient artifacts to groundbreaking contemporary installations, the United States is a treasure trove of cultural ...

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Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

A NASA mission collected the sample and brought it back in 2023, and scientists have found traces of ancient brine that contains minerals that are the raw ingredients of life.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health doesn’t keep statistics on bedbugs because they don’t carry or spread disease. But the ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

Although many artifacts and faunal remains have been unearthed at the Olorgesailie Basin since 1942, only one hominin remain — a frontal bone — was discovered in situ in 2003, raising questions about ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

Hagerman Valley Historical Society clarifies origins of its prehistoric horse skeleton replica, announces museum expansion to ...

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...