Tamara Jones+FollowAsteroid Bennu’s Sweet SurpriseScientists just found sugars like ribose and glucose—aka the building blocks of DNA and RNA—on asteroid Bennu, and even some weird “space gum” that could help spark life. Basically, all the ingredients for life as we know it are chilling on this space rock. This doesn’t mean aliens are out there, but it does mean the universe might be way more ready for life than we thought. Wild, right? #Science #AsteroidBennu #SpaceDiscovery11Share
James Brady+FollowAsteroid Delivers a Life Ingredient?Get this: scientists just found tryptophan (yep, the amino acid in turkey that makes you sleepy) on asteroid Bennu! This is the first time it’s been spotted in space rocks, and it’s got researchers buzzing about how life’s building blocks might have hitched a ride to Earth on asteroids. Basically, Bennu is like a cosmic time capsule, and every new discovery is making the story of life’s origins even wilder. #Science #SpaceDiscovery #AsteroidBennu00Share
Michelle York+FollowAsteroid Bennu’s Secret Ingredient: Tryptophan?!Plot twist: scientists just found tryptophan (yep, the amino acid from turkey dinners) in a chunk of asteroid Bennu! This is the first time this complex building block of life has been spotted in space rocks. It’s making experts rethink how life’s ingredients might have hitched a ride to Earth. Basically, asteroids could’ve been the original grocery delivery for early life. Mind = blown! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #AsteroidBennu30Share
