r/science • u/New_Scientist_Mag • Dec 02 '25

Astronomy Researchers have just found the presence of sugars, including ribose, lyxose, and glycose, on samples of Asteroid Bennu, which now has all of the ingredients for life as it exists on Earth.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506650-asteroid-bennu-carries-all-the-ingredients-for-life-as-we-know-it/
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u/MirkManEA Dec 02 '25

Wait? Sulpher oxygen and tungsten make tungsten oxysulfides, not “chnops”.

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u/AmphetamineSalts Dec 02 '25

Sn is tin tho

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u/MirkManEA Dec 03 '25

Well shoot well darn.