New research backs up the old hypothesis that the key ingredients for life may have come to Earth on an asteroid billions of years ago. A modern case in point: The asteroid Bennu contains all the ...
NASA scientist Jason Dworkin holds up a vial that contains part of the sample from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2023. Photo by James Tralie/NASA Jan. 29 (UPI) ...
With the return of an Asteroid Bennu sample in 2023 as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, researchers from the University of Arizona have made significant discoveries toward understanding the origins ...
September of 2023 was an exciting month for space exploration when OSIRIS-REx finally returned to Earth, dropping off the samples it had collected from the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu. Now, ...
In the fall, a NASA spacecraft named OSIRIS-REx dropped a capsule containing more than 120 grams of space dust into the Utah desert. That material came from Bennu, an asteroid that, a billion years ...
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This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. NASA/Goddard ...
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday. The findings provide the ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Scientists have long hungered for a better understanding of the ...
The rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu hold amino acids, ammonia and other molecules essential to life on Earth, ...
On September 8, 2016, NASA launched a small spacecraft towards one of the most ancient objects in the universe — Bennu. OSIRIS-REx has orbited the asteroid Bennu since December, 2018 and is scheduled ...
A hot water extract from an asteroid Bennu sample (left, “Bennu tea”) was found to contain a surprising abundance of ammoni.(NASA) In a major twist to the study of life beyond Earth, the National ...
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