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  "path": "/asteroid-bennu-just-changed-the-origin-story-of-life/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T20:00:27.000Z",
  "site": "https://scitechdaily.com",
  "tags": [
    "Space",
    "Asteroid",
    "Asteroid Bennu",
    "Astrobiology",
    "Penn State University"
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  "textContent": "Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space. Scientists previously identified amino acids, the essential components of life, inside 4.6-billion-year-old rocks collected from the asteroid Bennu. These samples were brought back to Earth in 2023 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While the discovery confirmed that life’s basic [...]",
  "title": "Asteroid Bennu Just Changed the Origin Story of Life"
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