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The asteroid NASA landed on is carrying ingredients for DNA and RNA. It's a promising sign for prospects of alien life.
NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission. It's a win for alien life.
Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world.
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.
Scientists find life-friendly molecules in NASA’s asteroid samples
Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago.
Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu
Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date that such space rocks may have seeded early Earth with the raw ingredients that fostered the emergence of living organisms.
Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.
Scientists find traces of life’s building blocks in historic asteroid samples
Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. The picture
How a new NASA satellite could help solve the global temperature spike mystery
Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab opens doors after LA fires, helps firefighter helicopters refuel
"We're really grateful for the space community and their care at this challenging time — but exploration continues, so we ...
NASA astronauts show how to fly the lunar-bound Orion spacecraft
NASA is preparing the Orion spacecraft for its first crewed flight around the moon. Here's how astronauts will fly it.
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, ...
NASA Engineers Packed 100 Tampons in Legendary Astronaut Sally Ride's Toiletry Kit for Just One Week In Space
NASA Engineers thought Sally Ride would need 100 tampons for one week in space. Ride, who became the first American woman in ...
Briny Residue Scooped From Asteroid Bennu Holds Clues to Life’s Cosmic Origins
The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...