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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.

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission teases new insights on how life began

NASA and its partners have published the first wave of information about the samples collected in the OSIRIS-REx mission. "The findings do not show evidence for life itself, but they do suggest the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system,

Life's key ingredients found in Bennu sample, proving asteroids can seed life on Earth and elsewhere

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

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Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.

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Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ water, chemical building blocks for life to Earth — check NASA’s new discovery

The latest discovery, unveiled by the NASA on January 29, came as a bit of a surprise and posed many exciting questions such ...

NASA's Next Frontier: Return from Space and the Search for Life's Building Blocks

NASA reaffirms its plan with SpaceX to return two astronauts from the ISS, following President Trump's remarks. Another ...

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Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

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Scientists find a 'next step on a pathway to life' in space

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

Asteroid Bennu came from a distant, lost world of salty ponds

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

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Feb 1: Technology to preserve biodiversity, and more

On this week's episode: asteriod Bennu has building blocks of life, how polar bears keep ice off their fur, a dog discovers a ...

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