Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently ... blocks” that would allow life to develop. Of the 20 amino acids in proteins made by life on Earth to form proteins ...

This raises questions about how and why life on Earth "turned left" in its amino acid preference. NASA launched the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu in 2016 to gain insights into the early ...

“We are analyzing OSIRIS-REx samples for the chirality (handedness ... Afterward, they measured which type of amino acid each ribozyme preferred. To make it clear, ribozymes are like tiny ...

The U.S. space agency's robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2020 collected the ... Present in the samples were 14 of the 20 organic compounds called amino acids that are used to make proteins ...

This image, taken by NASA's Osiris-Rex probe in December 2018, shows the asteroid Bennu. Scientists have identified 14 of the 20 amino acids used by terrestrial life, as well as the five nucleic acid ...

NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.