Seven cool science stories we almost missed this month
It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...
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Life’s ‘basic building blocks’ found in asteroid samples
Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the “basic building blocks” for life, shedding new light ...
The odds of alien life just increased, NASA says after discovering DNA ingredients on an asteroid
NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
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Basic Building Blocks of Life Found on Asteroid Bennu
Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.
Minerals Crucial to Life Found in Asteroid Samples From Space
The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...
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 ...
'I've been trying to remember what it's like to walk': Sunita Williams on 7 months in space; here’s what it means for astronauts
After seven months on the ISS, astronaut Sunita Williams has forgotten how to walk due to extended weightlessness. Originally ...