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Briny Residue Scooped From Asteroid Bennu Holds Clues to Lifeâs Cosmic Origins

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NASA 's OSIRIS -REx mission found evidence of brine on asteroid Bennu .

Brine contains protein-building amino acids and nucleobases that form the building blocks of RNA and DNA.

Scientists say the brine contains compounds that have never been previously observed in asteroid samples.

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