Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...
Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.
Amino acids are organic compounds that serve as the fundamental building blocks of proteins. They play a crucial role in the structure, function, and regulation of the body's tissues and organs. Amino ...
In a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the single life form that branched into ...
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Experiment shows complex molecules can form on space dust — offering new clues to the origins of life
The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.
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