NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft brought rock samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Now, in the analysis of the rock, scientists have found building blocks essential for life.

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NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned the samples from Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, in 2023. It's the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon.

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...