Bennu Sample Canister

NASA, asteroid Bennu

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 remains of an ancient water world.

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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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Scientists find life-friendly molecules in NASA’s asteroid samples

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago.

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Rochester's Righter Shields NASA Space Rocks Clean

Precise curation was necessary to discover that the Bennu asteroid sample contains building blocks of life on Earth.Long ...

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Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...

Salty, water-soaked asteroid reveals pathway to life’s origins

Researchers offer their most comprehensive assessment to date of the history of water and organic compounds in a sample ...

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