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Far from any galaxy, icy grains of dust in deep space may be able to form organic molecules, a new preprint study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - 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 ...

A NASA spacecraft brought samples from the asteroid Bennu back to Earth in 2023. The first in-depth analyses of that material have revealed organic molecules, including building blocks of life. The ...

Scientists have taken a big step towards figuring out where building blocks of life such as amino acids and amines form in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. Japanese collaborators detected all five nucleobases ...