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Asteroid Bennu Carries Most of Building Blocks of Life

CNN on MSN · 1d

Life’s building blocks discovered in asteroid dust

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature photographed for the first time, and more.

Digital Trends on MSN · 3d

Building blocks of life identified in sample collected from asteroid Bennu

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Scientists studying the sample collected in 2023 from asteroid Bennu have announced a dramatic finding: they have identified the key building blocks of life within the sample.

Time on MSN · 4d

Asteroid Bennu Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers reveal that the samples contain precursors to life that formed in a watery environment—a watery environment very similar to the one that prevailed on Earth before life emerged up to four billion years ago.

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NASA brought back samples from asteroid Bennu. They revealed clues about the possible origins of life.

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...

IFLScience on MSN2d

Brine From Asteroid Bennu Reveals Conditions Suitable For Life In Early Solar System

REx brought back to Earth 121 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. This is the largest sample ever collected and brought ...

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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