David Friedberg: “This will be one of the most amazing discoveries of our lifetime”

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NASA's asteroid Bennu discovery reveals life's building blocks in space.

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  • Asteroid Bennu's Breakthrough Discovery. NASA's probe found nucleic acids, amino acids, and sugars on asteroid Bennu, suggesting life isn't unique to Earth.

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Let's go with breakthrough of the year. Freeberg, what's your breakthrough of the year? >> Okay, we haven't talked about it on the show. This definitely deserves a science corner, but asteroid Bennu, NASA sent a probe. They pulled a bunch of samples up in 2020. They landed back on Earth 2023. 2 days ago, they showed that on asteroid Bennu, there is nucleic acids, there are amino acids, there are sugars. All of the building blocks of life were found on this asteroid floating through space. Wow. This is going to end up being one of the most like amazing discoveries of

our lifetime because it really does show that life is not necessarily unique to planet Earth. This was a asteroid that's been floating around for 4 and a half billion years and it's got all the components of life on it. It's pretty incredible discovery. It's amazing.

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