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.

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

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 spacecraft then dropped off a capsule when ... or components that make up the genetic code in DNA and RNA. “These organic molecules have all been found previously in meteorites ...

"It was likely a key chemical building block through the formation of amino acids and nucleobases and, again, the genetic components of DNA and RNA." Perhaps Fox summed it up best: "The OSIRIS REx ...

In September 2023, the space agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned ... uses to store and transmit genetic instructions in DNA and RNA. “Asteroids provide a time capsule into ...

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 ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned 121.6 grams of sample ... molecules required for building DNA and RNA, supporting the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks of life ...

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 ...