Asteroid Contains Building Blocks of Life, Say Scientists – Stefan Buchholz DOT com

The chemical building blocks of life have been found, among many other complex chemical compounds, in the grainy dust of an asteroid called Bennu, an analysis reveals. Samples of the space rock, which were scooped up by a Nasa spacecraft and brought to Earth, contain a rich array of minerals and thousands of organic compounds. These include amino acids, which are the molecules that make up proteins, as well as nucleobases — the fundamental components of DNA. The findings are published in two papers in the journal nature.

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