The planet that the asteroid was once a part of contained a salty ocean. Scientists found 11 minerals in the samples, but more importantly, they found 14 out of 20 key building blocks for life -- at ...
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Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...
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