The universe might have far more amino acids lying around than we realized, which gives life itself far more chances to begin.
In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples of the 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu to Earth. Upon examining them, scientists discovered that the asteroid – which existed when the Solar ...
Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...
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This well-known 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid may have formed in deep-space ice, not water
Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain amino acids that may have formed in icy, radiation-filled environments rather ...
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Analyzing material from a distant space rock
When NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought back samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu, researchers found that they contained amino ...
Graphene has drawn attention as a scientific curiosity owing to its record conductivities, strength and thermal properties. But now, it's starting to make its way into a number of real-world ...
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