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NASA finds building blocks for life

The Verge · 4m

NASA finds building blocks for life in the Bennu asteroid sample

Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last September found molecules, including amino acids, which are essential ingredients of life as we know it.

The Associated Press on MSN · 4h

Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world.

Time on MSN · 1h

Asteroid Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life

There’s certainly nothing living on the asteroid Bennu, an airless, 1,614-ft. rubble pile orbiting the sun about 40.2 million miles from Earth. But that doesn’t mean that Bennu hasn’t all at once become one of the most biologically interesting objects in the solar system.

NASA affirms plan with SpaceX to return astronauts

Reuters on MSN · 1h

NASA affirms plan with SpaceX to return astronauts after Trump demand

NASA affirmed on Wednesday a plan it set last year to work with Elon Musk's SpaceX in returning two astronauts from the International Space Station, saying it will do so "as soon as practical," the day after President Donald Trump suggested he wants a quicker return for the crew.

Scientific American · 1h

Trump Asks SpaceX to Return NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronauts to Earth ASAP

Despite a recent request from Trump, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were already scheduled to return to Earth on a Crew Dragon capsule this spring

Newsweek on MSN · 11h

Trump and Musk Say SpaceX Will 'Go Get' NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space

Despite the statement from President Trump, NASA had already scheduled the astronauts' return for late March or April.

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How to fly NASA's Orion spacecraft

On NASA's Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under the agency's Artemis campaign, astronauts will take the ...

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How a new NASA satellite could help solve the global temperature spike mystery

Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.

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The asteroid NASA landed on is carrying ingredients for DNA and RNA. It's a promising sign for prospects of alien life.

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

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