Bennu, asteroid and Earth

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...
Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the ...
Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...
When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.