Defining the molecular building blocks of life provides a conceptual framework for biology that has the potential to enhance education and research by promoting the integration of knowledge.

WASHINGTON - Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date ...

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Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When the spacecraft completed its long journey home ...

Life on Earth may have originated somewhere else. Indeed, new research points to the “building blocks of life” as having “extraterrestrial origins.” CNN reports how new research from NASA ...

Listen to Story The samples were retrieved by Nasa's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft Asteroids provide a time capsule into our home planet’s history Two analyses of the samples were published Scientists have ...

The building blocks of life have been found on an alien asteroid, scientists have said. Samples taken by Nasa from the asteroid Bennu have not only the ingredients required to life but also show ...

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Two studies released Wednesday revealed the asteroid contained many of the chemical building blocks of life, such as amino acids and components found in DNA. Additionally, researchers uncovered ...

The plant cell wall is a dynamic network of several biopolymers and structural proteins including cellulose, pectin, hemicellulose and lignin. Cellulose is one of the main load bearing components of ...

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. NASA/Goddard ...

Scientists said they didn’t find evidence of life on Bennu, but they did find evidence of the building blocks of life. “Finding the ingredients to life is always very interesting,” said Jason Dworkin, ...