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NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth (video)

Analyzing pristine fragments of the asteroid delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023, a team led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found ribose, a crucial building block of RNA, and glucose, an energy-rich sugar used by nearly all life on Earth.

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Sugars, 'gum,' stardust found in NASA's asteroid Bennu samples

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NASA’s Bennu asteroid holds secrets of life: Discovery of sugars, mysterious space gum, and ancient supernova star dust

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Scientists Claim Asteroid Bennu Contains All Essential Elements of Life

As per the official reports, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission first collected samples from asteroid Bennu in 2020. Asteroids often ...

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Molecule Vital to Happiness Found in Material From Asteroid Bennu

A critical nutrient used to produce the neurotransmitter serotonin may have turned up in samples collected from asteroid ...

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Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid. Here’s what it means

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

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