Scientists Just Found DNA’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu – Could This Explain Life’s Origins?
Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back 121.6 grams of asteroid Bennu,
Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...
Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...
The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...
IFLScience on MSN3h
Brine From Asteroid Bennu Reveals Conditions Suitable For Life In Early Solar SystemREx brought back to Earth 121 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. This is the largest sample ever collected and brought ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback