nasa - Search News

NASA finds 'key to life'

NASA finds ‘key to life’ in Bennu asteroid samples

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced on Wednesday.

Space on MSN · 13h

NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, named Bennu, was the focus of a very dreamy NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx that launched in 2016.

The Verge · 10h

NASA finds building blocks for life in the Bennu asteroid sample

Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last September found molecules, including amino acids, which are essential ingredients of life as we know it.

Trump, Musk Suggest Sped-Up Return of NASA Astronauts

Space on MSN · 12h

Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA — but they already have a SpaceX ride home

"NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions," Cheryl Warner, NASA's news chief at the agency's headquarters, said in a statement to reporters.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Trump and Musk Say SpaceX Will 'Go Get' NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space

Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.

The New York Times · 15h

Elon Musk Suggests SpaceX Will Accelerate Return of NASA Astronauts

The founder of SpaceX said President Trump had asked his company to return two astronauts aboard the space station to Earth “as soon as possible.” NASA said it would do that “as soon as practical.”

11hon MSN

The odds of alien life just increased, NASA says after discovering DNA ingredients on an asteroid

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

18hon MSN

How a new NASA satellite could help solve the global temperature spike mystery

Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.

SpaceNews14h

NASA rules out immediate Crew-9 return, saying astronauts will come back “as soon as practical”

NASA appears to be retaining existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after calls to bring ...

2don MSN

NASA's about to fly its powerful X-plane. It could make history.

After the first test flights in 2025, Lockheed Martin will transfer the plane to NASA. Then, after acoustic testing over ...

51m

Donald Trump Asks SpaceX To Bring Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore Home!

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been aboard the ISS for over 8 months—far beyond their planned stay.

42mon MSN

On this date: Kennedy announces James Webb as NASA Administrator

On this date, President John F. Kennedy provides NASA with its strongest advocate for large space telescopes, James Webb ...

47m

This trippy sci-fi thriller starring Cameron Diaz is totally underrated — the critics got it wrong

Like “Donnie Darko,” it mixes sci-fi and mysticism for an unsettling view of the world as a cosmic enigma that the main characters will never be able to understand or control. “The Box” is ostensibly ...

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results

NASA finds 'key to life'

Trump, Musk Suggest Sped-Up Return of NASA Astronauts

Related topics