Big revelation: Life’s ingredients found in NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample
Scientists found 11 minerals in Bennu samples, including calcite, halite, and sylvite, that form when water with dissolved salts evaporates over time, leaving solid crystals. Similar brines have been detected on Ceres and Enceladus.
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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that meansThere are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
Scientists poring over a sample brought back from the asteroid Bennu have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds, ...
Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...
NASA's Osiris-Rex mission has uncovered invaluable samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing ancient salty minerals and amino ...
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