Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...
"The detection of these key building blocks of life in the Bennu samples supports the theory that asteroids and their ...
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter ... asteroid contained many of the chemical building blocks of life, such as amino acids and ...
Samples of matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks ...
In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...
Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...