Studies of material harvested from asteroid Bennu by a NASA spacecraft that returned to Earth in 2023 has now shown that it contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA. Host Marco Werman speaks with Professor Sara Russell, a research scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, about how the new discovery affects theories about the origins of life on Earth.
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