Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins
Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...
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Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
The OSIRIS-REx sample, the largest ever returned to Earth (in September 2023), contained organic compounds and hydrated minerals.
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Amino Acids on Bennu: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Uncovers Clues to Life’s Origins
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission has detected amino acids in the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, ...
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Asteroid Tag
Smithsonian and NASA scientists set out to collect an asteroid sample that may hold clues to the origins of life in our solar system.