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Molecule Vital to Happiness Found in Material From Asteroid Bennu

A critical nutrient used to produce the neurotransmitter serotonin may have turned up in samples collected from asteroid ...
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NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals an Amino Acid Linked to Happiness and the Origins of Life

Bennu is a primitive rock. It has remained mostly unchanged since the birth of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago. On September 24, 2023, dust and mineral samples were hauled to Earth by ...
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Asteroid Bennu samples reveal ancient water offering new clues about the origin of life on Earth

Some of the oldest objects in the solar system still drift above your head. Asteroids and comets formed before Earth took ...
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See it: NASA's asteroid-chasing spacecraft slingshots past Earth

It's not often that a deep-space robotic explorer swings back by its home planet, but NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission did just ...