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Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid

Season 52 | 6m 03s

In January 2025, scientists announced the discovery of organic molecules— the building blocks of life— in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid named Bennu. What can this discovery reveal about the secrets of life's origins? Or how common life may be elsewhere in the universe?

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