Building blocks of life seen in samples from the asteroid Bennu
A sample of asteroid dirt brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission contains amino acids, the nucleobases of RNA and DNA as well as brines that could have facilitated the formation of organic molecules.
Authors
- Keith Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0318-7670)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics World
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/38/03/10
- Primary Topic
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00