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. It's a win for alien life.
NASA's Bennu samples contain life's building blocks, including amino acids and DNA/RNA nucleobases
NASA reveals results from asteroid Bennu's sample return, hinting at the origins of life
New insights from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission have unveiled intriguing clues about the potential origins of life on Earth. The mission, which launched in Septembe
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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
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Life’s ingredients discovered in samples Nasa probe returned from an asteroid
Samples returned from an asteroid contain a surprising abundance of the basic ingredients of life. They were discovered to be rich in carbon, nitrogen and ammonia, with over 30 kinds of amino acids and the five nucleobases found in RNA and DNA. 1 The asteroid, Bennu, was targeted by a Nasa mission that returned a capsule to Earth in September 2023.
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NASA says asteroid sample contains building blocks of life
Scientists said they didn't find evidence of life on Bennu, but they did find evidence of the building blocks of life.
The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA
Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present in the early days of our solar system.
NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that asteroids hold molecules believed to be the precursors to these chemicals. By studying the Bennu samples, they hope to gain more insight into how these ingredients could have evolved.
NASA’s Historic Asteroid Sample Holds Clues to Life’s Origins
The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from asteroid Bennu in 2020.
In NASA asteroid samples, scientists discover key building blocks of life
In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building blocks of life like amino acids.
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NASA finds building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid sample
Scientists from NASA and other institutions who analyzed a sample of the asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth last September made an interesting and impo
Bennu Asteroid Contains Material Needed for Life, NASA Mission Finds
This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter essential to life in dust and rock retrieved from an asteroid known as Bennu. The finding supports the theory that near-Earth asteroids,
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.
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Asteroid ‘Bennu’ Found to Contain More Building Blocks for Life Than Any Sample Ever Found–An Ancient Brine of Multivitamins
Bennu’s parent asteroid, which formed around 4.5 billion years ago, seems to have been home to pockets of liquid water.