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U of R professor part of NASA team that discovered building blocks of life on asteroid
Discoveries from an asteroid that contain the building blocks of life are making waves in the scientific community, and one ...
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NASA video offers behind-the-scenes look at upcoming SPHEREx mission
Excitement is building for next month’s launch of NASA’s SPHEREx mission ... offering a behind-the-scenes look at the mission, with the team members revealing some of the rigorous testing ...
NASA Shuts Down DEI Programs, Though Diversity Is Low at Agency
NASA’s acting administrator issued an email announcing the end of DEI at the storied space agency, in response to Trump’s anti-diversity agenda.
NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...
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NASA finds building blocks for life in the Bennu asteroid sample
NASA’s team also found an abundance of ammonia and formaldehyde which, in the right conditions, react together to form complex molecules like amino acids. The paper published in Nature reveals ...