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

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Bennu itself is a fascinating “jigsaw piece” of the early solar system. This third-of-a-mile-wide space rock is likely a ...

A small rock sample collected from asteroid Bennu contains traces of tryptophan, a complex amino acid rarely found in space ...

The probe flew 3,438 kilometres above Earth during its swing. It moved closer than several high-orbit satellites circling the ...

The UA-led OSIRIS-REx mission announced Monday that two onboard instruments have detected widespread evidence of water locked within the minerals of the ancient asteroid Bennu. The announcement — the ...

Funding uncertainties are pushing U.S. space scientists out of the field and putting existing and future space missions on the chopping block.

On November 19, 2025, NASA did a live webcast to share the hitherto unreleased cache of 3I/ATLAS images taken by several of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a four per cent chance of hitting the moon on 22 December 2032. However, fresh observations could mean the odds of a collision rise to as high as 30 per cent.

DeGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist, spoke in front of 4,000 people at a summit in Erie in Oct. 29.

The historic attempt to sample the asteroid Bennu could provide clues to the origins of our solar system—and of life itself. Working like a reverse vacuum cleaner, the sampler head of the OSIRIS-REx ...