In recent years, scientists have found amino acids and proteins — the building blocks of life as we know it — on pristine space rocks, suggesting that the biomolecules can form in space. Now, new ...

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Scientists have discovered new evidence suggesting that the building blocks of life can form in conditions different from those on Earth using samples retrieved from Nasa’s 2023 OSIRIS REx mission.

This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, seen by the ONC-T camera on board of Hayabusa2. Filters: vwx date:2018-07-12 08:01 Image level: 2b (Images after hardware correction and ...

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The universe might have far more amino acids lying around than we realized, which gives life itself far more chances to begin ...

Scientists have long queried how the complex molecules needed for life could have formed around the tumultuous and violent environment of the sun in its youth. A family of meteorites called ...

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