Gel permeation chromatography, three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy, and UV-visible ...

Soil samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe contain organic substances, a discovery that will likely provide clues to the origin of life on Earth, according to ...

The findings shed light on how proteins like collagen may survive for millions of years within dinosaur bones.

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...