NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission. It's a win for alien life.

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. Japanese collaborators detected all five ...

OSIRIS-REx found that Bennu’s surface was far rougher ... nucleobases to store and transmit genetic instructions in RNA and DNA, including instructions on how to arrange amino acids like the ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino acids, nucleobases, and minerals known as evaporites—all elements of ...

Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained rocks over Revelstoke. Our research team has ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned a generous ... In addition, Bennu contains all five of the nucleotide bases present in DNA and RNA. "Besides pointing to the outer solar system ...

Another aim of the OSIRIS-REx mission is to link findings from samples ... and all five nucleobases found in RNA and DNA. Even though no life was detected on Bennu, the two new studies show ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When the spacecraft completed its long journey home ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date that such ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned triumphantly to Earth ... as well as the five nucleobases that make up RNA and DNA. The team also found a surprising amount of ammonia, which reacts with ...