Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...
NASA and its partners have published the first wave of information about the samples collected in the OSIRIS-REx mission.
Astronomy on MSN8d
Scientists find life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu samplesThe meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...
The Conversation on MSN10d
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar systemIn October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world(NASA via AP) In this photo provided by NASA, the sample return capsule from NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission lies on the ground ...
The OSIRIS-REx mission used some pretty fascinating tech to autonomously acquire rocks and dust from an asteroid called Bennu. Asteroids can act as time capsules, and Bennu reflects what was ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe dropped off samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023, and now those samples have been analyzed by researchers for their contents.
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