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Analyzing material from a distant space rock
When NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought back samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu, researchers found that they contained amino ...
Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an ...
Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space sample with a new twistScientists at Penn State; led by geoscientist ...
Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...
Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.
Did the ingredients for life as we know it exist in the early solar system? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academ | Space ...
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Radioactive space can host building blocks of life, asteroid Bennu samples reveal
A new study offers a look at how the building blocks of life might ...
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Ancient asteroid samples reveal surprising insights into life’s origins
A stunning discovery from asteroid Bennu could rewrite the story of life's origins. Learn how amino acids formed in the extreme cold of space, not warm water.
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