This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter essential to life in dust and rock retrieved from an asteroid known as Bennu. The finding supports the theory that near-Earth asteroids,

In other words, Bennu's samples provide further evidence that life's building blocks formed early in the solar system and could have been transported to Mars, other planets, moons, or asteroids capable of supporting prebiotic chemistry. It was reported this week there's strong evidence of liquid water, not just frozen ice, on the Red Planet.