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NASA finds 'key to life'

The Jerusalem Post on MSN · 1d

NASA's Bennu samples contain life's building blocks, including amino acids and DNA/RNA nucleobases

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's essential ingredients.

Hosted on MSN · 2d

NASA says asteroid sample contains building blocks of life

Scientists said they didn't find evidence of life on Bennu, but they did find evidence of the building blocks of life.

Mashable on MSN · 2d

NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that asteroids hold molecules believed to be the precursors to these chemicals. By studying the Bennu samples, they hope to gain more insight into how these ingredients could have evolved.

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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.

Space on MSN2d

NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

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The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA

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

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