While it has been established that water exists on the Moon, pinpointing its precise locations presents a formidable ...

Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

As humankind imagines living off-planet — on the moon, Mars and beyond — the question of how to sustain life revolves around the physical necessities of oxygen, food and water. We know there is water ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a new material that could help reduce water pollution caused by ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Some of these types of molecules are the building blocks for life. This combination of rock, water and organics is one reason OSIRIS-REx chose to sample the organic-rich asteroid Bennu ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now ... of the early solar system — appears to hold compounds containing water and carbon.