Talkin' Science
Life’s Ingredients Found in Asteroid Bennu Sample – NASA Scientists Explain
NASA Goddard’s Jason Dworkin is beaming in once again to take us on a deep dive on this episode of Talkin’ Science.
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA bases, as well as salts that formed early in the history of Bennu’s parent body, according to a pair of studies by international and Australian researchers.