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- Researchers at Penn State University analyzed samples from asteroid Bennu and found amino acids may form in icy, radioactive environments rather than with liquid water.
- A separate study detected a complex sulfur-bearing molecule in a molecular cloud near the Milky Way's center, suggesting interstellar organic chemistry.
- The findings imply building blocks of life could be widespread in the galaxy, linking cosmic processes to the emergence of life on Earth.
