Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
Scientists poring over a sample brought back from the asteroid Bennu have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds, ...
Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.
Scientists May Have Found Traces of an Extinct Genetic Code That Came Before DNA
Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By analyzing ancient protein sequences, researchers discovered that early life p ...
Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu
Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...
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Scientists Discover Traces of Salt Water and Building Blocks of Life in NASA’s Samples From the Asteroid Bennu
Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...
And now something fun for a change: Building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid samples
In other words, Bennu's samples provide further evidence that life's building blocks formed early in the solar system and ...
Asteroid Bennu has all five amino acids for genetic material
Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain the building blocks of life as we know it. Scientists are enthusiastic.
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Seeds of life found in asteroid rubble pile
Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...