☄️🧬 BREAKING: Asteroid Bennu Contains Ingredients for Life 🧬☄️ NASA has confirmed that samples from asteroid Bennu contain all the key molecules linked to the start of life. Sugars, nucleobases, amino acids, phosphates, and a strange nitrogen-rich material never seen in any meteorite were all found in the sample collected by OSIRIS-REx. These ingredients existed in space before Earth fully formed. More results are coming as scientists continue studying the material. #NASA #Bennu #OSIRISREx #Sp

10K views · 5.9K reactions | Hello, asteroid Bennu! NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission flew over two billion miles through space to meet you. Here, the spacecraft's camera captures a full rotation of the asteroid from only about 50 miles away: https://go.nasa.gov/2rhr6a3 OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu for almost a year and eventually select a location to collect a sample to return to Earth. #WelcomeToBennu | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

7.1K views · 830 reactions | After its seven-year-long journey, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will soon return to NASA Earth! On Sept. 26, the spacecraft will deliver a sample of asteroid Bennu that will offer generations of scientists a window into the time when the Sun and planets were forming about 4.5 billion years ago. Learn more about the mission >> https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center | Facebook