Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story
February 09, 2026
February 09, 2026
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -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 mission. How those amino acids -the molecules . . .
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Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -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 mission. How those amino acids -the molecules . . .