APOD from 2025-02-12
#Asteroid Bennu Holds the Building Blocks of Life
NASA's OSIRIS-REx returned samples from asteroid Bennu containing 14 of 20 essential amino acids. This discovery prompts questions about life's origins and why #Earth only has left-handed amino acids, as Bennu had a mix of both types.
Video at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250212.html#space #astronomy