Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found In NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx samples from asteroid Bennu have revealed bio-essential sugars, a never-before-seen “space gum” polymer, and unusually high levels of supernova-origin dust. The findings bolster the RNA-world hypothesis, suggest complex organics formed early on Bennu’s parent body, and show preserved presolar grains that escaped alteration for billion … ⌘ Read more
Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it
We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar ⌘ Read more
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