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Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients

Our solar system contains planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets — but only one world is known to harbor life.

(NASA | The New York Times) In an image provided by NASA, Astromaterials processors at the Johnson Space Center in Houston collected asteroid particles from the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister after its return from space in 2023. Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.

(NASA | The New York Times) In an image provided by NASA, Astromaterials processors at the Johnson Space Center in Houston collected asteroid particles from the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister after its return from space in 2023. Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.

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By Carl Zimmer | The New York Times