[EP 29] Did Life Come From Asteroids Neil Tyson Explains Bennu Amino Acid Discovery 🌌

Did life on Earth begin in space? 🌌
In this episode of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and OSIRIS-REx mission scientist Harold Connolly Jr. explore one of the biggest questions in science: could asteroids like Bennu have delivered the ingredients for life?
From the discovery of all 15 amino acids to evaporite minerals that suggest water interaction, Bennu is rewriting what we know about the origins of life. Learn how NASA selected Bennu, why it's a fragile “rubble pile,” and how the spacecraft nearly lost everything during sample collection.
We also compare Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission, explore panspermia theory, and examine what Mars minerals reveal about ancient life. Could life exist beyond Earth—or did it come from space in the first place?
This episode connects astronomy, geology, and biology to uncover how life might emerge in the universe.
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