Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

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

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...

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Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the “basic building blocks” for life, shedding new light ...

NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining samples taken from the asteroid Bennu, which shed light on how widely the ...