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Samples retrieved from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023 have yielded a surprising treasure trove ...

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission continues to offer stunning revelations about the early solar system, with the latest study ...

Scientists led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found sugars essential for biology on Earth in the Bennu ...

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For the first time in an extraterrestrial sample, scientists detected ribose, which is a five-carbon sugar vital for RNA, and glucose, the six-carbon sugar that powers cells on Earth.

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