# Bennu asteroid analysis suggests unexpected origins for organics in space > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/1006842 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 1 outlet covering · First listed: Phys.org, Nov 11, 2026, 8:20 AM · Read it: Samples from the Bennu asteroid, which is currently more than 200 million miles (322 million kilometers) from Earth, and the Murchison meteorite, which fell to Earth in 1969, both contain molecules that build proteins necessary for life. New research has found that the molecules may have formed through the same process but originated far from one another in the solar system. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 11, 2026, 8:20 AM: [Bennu asteroid analysis suggests unexpected origins for organics in space]() — Phys.org (Science news) Samples from the Bennu asteroid, which is currently more than 200 million miles (322 million kilometers) from Earth, and the Murchison meteorite, which fell to Earth in 1969, both contain molecules that build proteins necessary for life. New research has found that the molecules may have formed through the same process but originated far from one another in the solar system.