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“This all supports the theory that asteroids like Bennu were among the sources that delivered water and chemical building blocks for life to Earth ... target for a number of reasons.

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1. A hot water extract from an asteroid Bennu sample was found to contain an "exceptionally high" and "surprising abundance" of ammonia, which is a key chemical building block for life.