NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission has detected amino acids in the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, ...

and Security — Regolith Explorer mission, was orbiting Bennu. Magnesium-sodium phosphate is a compound that can be dissolved in water and serves as a component of biochemistry for life.

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in samples from asteroid Bennu. This discovery ... Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission ...

This set of stereoscopic images provides a 3D view of the large, 170-foot (52-meter) boulder that juts from asteroid Bennu's southern hemisphere and the rocky slopes that surround it. The stereo ...