Asteroid Ryugu appears to contain all the necessary ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth.

A newly identified cellular system monitors subtle variations in genetic coding, hinting at a hidden level of control over ...

Studying endangered animal species without disturbing them and disrupting their natural habitat could be highly advantageous, ...

Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on ...

Researchers are still studying samples of Ryugu collected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency from its Hayabusa2 mission. After the first papers focused on the composition ...

On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of ...

When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting ...

Don't worry, it's not hurtling towards us.