Historic asteroid samples collected by OSIRIS-REx contain ingredients crucial for life | CNN (Thanks to Finn Z)
The findings provide strong evidence that the chemical building blocks of life were widespread throughout the solar system. This raises questions about whether similar processes could have occurred on other planets.
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| A vein of sodium carbonate appears like needles, falsely colored in purple to show detail, within the clay-rich rock of the Bennu sample. Each needle is less than 1 micrometer wide. Rob Wardell/Tim McCoy/Smithsonian |
