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NASA reports that Bennu samples contained 14 protein-used amino acids and all five canonical nucleobases. MEASUREMENT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 12939

Source: NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:f4b1f3534c05741a7db6958e497c3e7ea68bf11f25134c308271187e481223df

Detailed in the Nature Astronomy paper, among the most compelling detections were amino acids – 14 of the 20 that life on Earth uses to make proteins – and all five nucleobases that life on Earth uses to store and transmit genetic instructions in more complex terrestrial biomolecules, such as DNA and RNA.