Asteroid samples from NASA's epic OSIRIS-REx mission show Bennu was born from fire and ice

The findings also suggest that the material that gave birth to Bennu was representative of the average elemental content of the planet-forming disk that also formed Earth and the planets.

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'Mars constantly throws surprises at you': Perseverance rover finds evidence of ancient hot water in Red Planet crater

NASA's Perseverance rover uncovered evidence of water interacting with rocks in Mars' Jezero Crater multiple times, including a period of hot groundwater activity.

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Meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contains 'extraterrestrial' amino acids

Only one fragment was recovered, and that's because it punched through the ceiling of a master bedroom in a Hillsborough, New Jersey, home.

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TRT World - What made us might have made aliens too and here’s why

NASA’s latest asteroid samples reveal that key ingredients for life likely arrived from space billions of years ago, hinting at the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

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NASA’s Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars

Seven organic molecules were identified for the first time on Mars, increasing our understanding of the kinds of molecular preservation possible on the Martian surface.

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Distribution of extraterrestrial nucleobases, other N-heterocycles, and their precursors in a sample from asteroid Bennu - Communications Chemistry

The presence of all canonical nucleobases in samples from Bennu has previously provided evidence that some of life’s ingredients were synthesized abiotically in the parent body of this asteroid and/or...

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White House stalls release of approved US science budgets

The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

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NASA Mars rover finds new clues pointing to past life on Mars

Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

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NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don’t Fully Explain Mars Organics - NASA Science

In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample

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Searching for bio-essential sugars in a sample of Bennu acquired by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission

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This asteroid is spilling secrets about the origin of life on Earth

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth.

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Asteroids: Spark of Life?

What if violent asteroid impacts actually jump-started life on Earth? Explore a dramatic theory.

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Moment of Science: “Bioessential sugars” found in asteroid samples

A distant discovery that's as sweet as can be! Here's the new evidence for "bioessential sugars" contained in asteroids, courtesy of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. 🪨🛰️

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Mark Kelly Says This 'Exciting' Scientific Find Raises Questions Of Life Beyond Earth

NASA said the discovery shows such "building blocks" of life are "widespread throughout the solar system."

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Bio-Essential Sugars Discovered in Samples from Asteroid Bennu

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Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA's Asteroid Bennu Samples - NASA

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As

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Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu - Nature Geoscience

Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars such as ribose and glucose that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines containing formaldehyde, according to a geochemical...

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Scientists find evidence that an asteroid contains tryptophan | CNN

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

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Prebiotic organic compounds in samples of asteroid Bennu indicate heterogeneous aqueous alteration | PNAS

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission characterized the asteroid Bennu and delivered pristine samples of its regolith to Earth. Coordinated analyses of this pr...

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NASA to Share Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From Spacecraft, Telescopes - NASA

NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency’s

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Prebiotic Organic Chemistry in Solar System and their Role in the Emergence of Life on the early Earth

This session will focus on the organic molecules in samples from the primitive bodies, such as asteroids, meteorites, and cometary dust particles, relevant to the origin and evolution of life. Recent ...

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Behind The Wings | Unlocking Asteroid Secrets | Season 7 | Episode 4

Explore how NASA's OSIRIS-Rex may change our understanding of our place in the universe.

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NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say

"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"

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Can DNA survive on Mars?

Simulating over 100 million years of Martian surface radiation on ancient Earth rocks, we recovered readable DNA fragments and microbiome fingerprints—insights that sharpen how we’ll search Mars rock ...

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If life on Mars exists, it may be preserved in a frozen time capsule

Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of years.

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JPL Workforce Update

A message from JPL Director Dave Gallagher

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Slow Radiolysis of Amino Acids in Mars-Like Permafrost Conditions: Applications to the Search for Extant Life on Mars - Astrobiology

Future missions dedicated to the search for extant life on Mars will require a clear understanding of the organic biosignature degradation processes in the shallow icy subsurface.

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Save the NASA Goddard Visitor Center!

The NASA Goddard Visitor Center is the gateway between the cutting-edge science done inside the center and the public that this science aims to serve and inspire. From our Sun to the outer planets, cu...

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Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do.

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