NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth

Asteroid Bennu Samples Carry Mysterious Space Gum, Sugars, and a Ton of Stardust

Learn about the molecules and materials found in samples of asteroid Bennu, including sugars, space gum, and an abundance of stardust.

Scientists and Senators are Excited About the Sugars Found in the OSIRIS-REx Samples

It’s been over two years since the samples from Bennu gathered by OSIRIS-REx were returned to Earth. But there’s still plenty of novel science coming out of that 121.6 g of material. Three new papers were released recently that describe different aspects of that sample. One in particular, from Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan and their co-authors, has already attracted plenty of attention, including from US Senator (and former as…

Asteroid Bennu Was Missing Just One Ingredient Needed To Kickstart Life – We Just Found It

Ingredients from similar asteroids might have been the building blocks of life on Earth.

'Space gum,' sugars crucial for life found on Bennu sample, NASA says

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life began in our solar system.

Glucose found on asteroid

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Is life out there? NASA finds essential sugars on ancient asteroid

‘We’re looking at events near the beginning of the beginning’