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Scientists find life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu samples
The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life in the solar system.
Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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.
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Brine From Asteroid Bennu Reveals Conditions Suitable For Life In Early Solar System
REx brought back to Earth 121 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. This is the largest sample ever collected and brought ...
A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.
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Analysis of OSIRIS-REx Sample Shows Asteroid Bennu Has Ingredients for Life
Bennu, it seems, was born of a salty planetoid rife with the ingredients for life. Bennu as it exists today is essentially a ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
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The building blocks for life found in Asteroid Bennu samples
The study of asteroid samples is a highly lucrative area of research and one of the best ways to determine how the Solar ...
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Earliest Evidence of Lead Pollution Found From 5,200 Years Ago
Learn more about the earliest evidence of human-caused contamination from lead, found in the ancient Aegean.