Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...
And now something fun for a change: Building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid samples
In other words, Bennu's samples provide further evidence that life's building blocks formed early in the solar system and ...
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Life's 'Basic Building Blocks' Found In Asteroid Samples
The findings suggest Bennu's parent was once home to pockets of liquid water. When these evaporated, they left behind a ...
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‘Truly unusual’ fossil discovery shows us what fish ate 66 million years ago
The find was made by an amateur fossil hunter on the Cliffs of Stevns, and offers “exceptional evidence” of the meteorite impact around 65 million years ago that brought an end to the era of dinosaurs ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
NASA Discovers 'Building Blocks Of Life' In Samples Of Asteroid Bennu
Scientists have analysed samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing components that could be key to understanding how life began ...