- Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASAs Asteroid Bennu . . .
The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft, three new papers published Tuesday by the
- Space gum and sugars discovered in asteroid Bennu samples . . .
The sugars discovered in the asteroid samples, along with other molecules like amino acids previously detected in them, do not necessarily provide evidence of life, NASA said But they do show
- NASA discovers space gum and sugars crucial to life in . . .
Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust, offering fresh clues to how life's ingredients formed in the early solar system
- Space gum, sugars crucial for life found on Bennu sample . . .
'Space gum,' sugars crucial for life found on Bennu sample, NASA says Samples from the asteroid Bennu are providing scientists with clues about how life may have started in our solar system
- Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu - Nature
Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars such as ribose and glucose that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines containing formaldehyde, according to a
- Stardust Found in NASA Bennu Samples: Life’s Molecular . . .
Stardust found in NASA’s Bennu samples reveals sugars, mysterious polymer, and supernova dust—evidence of life’s molecular building blocks in early solar system Stardust found in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Bennu samples reveals profound discoveries about life’s molecular origins Japanese and American scientists identified essential biological sugars ribose and glucose alongside previously
- Asteroid Bennu carries all ingredients to kick-start life as . . .
We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar
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