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Bennu asteroid samples hint at life building blocks
NASA researchers analyzing Bennu dust and rocks from the OSIRIS-REx mission report amino acids and ammonia in the meteorite material. They found brine signatures suggesting a past watery environment, implying solar system life precursors existed about 4.5 billion years ago while stressing Bennu itself lacks fossils or cellular structures.
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Bennu
Earth
Solar System
Nature
Nature Astronomy
Tim McCoy
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
NASA
Utah
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Natural History Museum
McCoy
Daniel Glavin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Humanity
Japan
Space Agency
Osiris-Rex
Glavin
Jupiter
Sara Russell
London