Kainaati Gup Shup with Salman Hameed

[Urdu/Hindi] Life's Building Blocks Found in Asteroid Bennu! 🌍✨ | Kainaati Gup Shup

• Salman Hameed

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How did life begin on Earth? 🌱 This remains one of the biggest scientific mysteries! But thanks to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, we’re now closer to finding answers. Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu have discovered amino acids and key organic molecules—the essential ingredients for life, including components of DNA and RNA! 🧬

In this episode of Kainaati Gup Shup, astrophysicist Salman Hameed breaks down the incredible findings from asteroid Bennu and what they mean for our understanding of life’s origins. Could the seeds of life have arrived from space? 🌌💫

References:
McCoy et al 2025, An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples,
Nature volume 637, pages1072–1077 (2025)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

Glavin et al 2025, Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu
Nature Astronomy volume 9, pages199–210 (2025)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...

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