US EditionHow Did Life Happen? NASA Says It Found Tantalizing Clues on Asteroid Bennu
Samples from Bennu contain six times more presolar stardust than any other astromaterial and bio-essential sugars that support the RNA World hypothesis, NASA said.
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Scientists analyzing samples from the asteroid Bennu returned to Earth have discovered sugars, rubber-like (or plastic-like) substances, and dust produced in supernova explosions, NASA reports. The article "What Was Found in Samples from the Asteroid Bennu?" comes from the website Wszystko co szczęścia.
The earliest life on Earth may have originated from asteroids and consisted of RNA molecules that contained genetic information.
In late summer 2016, NASA launched the roughly three-meter OSIRIS-REx probe into space, which four years later collected rock samples from the small asteroid Bennu. At the end of September 2023, they returned to Earth in a small capsule and have since been the focus of interest for many research teams from around the world.
Asteroid Bennu holds clues to how life began: Sugars, organics, and stardust
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back pristine pieces of the asteroid Bennu in 2023—and these tiny grains are turning out to be a treasure chest of clues about how the solar system formed and how life’s ingredients first appeared on Earth. Three new studies published in Nature Geoscience and Nature Astronomy describe astonishing discoveries inside these […] The post Asteroid Bennu holds clues to how life began: Sugars, organics, and stardust ap…
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