Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date that such ...

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The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

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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Now, new research has revealed the asteroid contains many of the chemical building blocks of life, such as amino acids and components found in DNA, said Dr. Daniel P. Glavin, senior scientist for ...

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Rob Wardell/Tim McCoy/Smithsonian Two studies released Wednesday revealed the asteroid contained many of the chemical building ... return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt ...

Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a spacecraft from the asteroid Bennu. Here's what they ...