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Bennu Asteroid Sample Reveals Organic Compounds That May Hint at Life Beyond Earth
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered a sample from asteroid Bennu, revealing amino acids, nucleobases, ammonia, and minerals formed in saltwater. These organic compounds, vital to life, suggest that the building blocks for life might have existed in other regions of the early solar system. The discovery of evaporite minerals, including halite ...
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NASA Says Asteroid Bennu Samples Hold Secrets Of Life's Origins
The space rock was collected by a NASA spacecraft and transported to Earth in 2023.
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Life's 'Basic Building Blocks' Found In Asteroid Samples
The findings suggest Bennu's parent was once home to pockets of liquid water. When these evaporated, they left behind a "briny broth" of salts and minerals.
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Study Reveals Earth's Small Asteroid Likely Originated from the Moon
Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface. Researchers found its composition matches lunar rock samples, specifically silicate-rich materials, unlike any known asteroid. Analysis from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies confirmed it is a natural object, not human-made debris,...
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Space Missions of 2025: Lunar Landings, Asteroid Sampling, and More
Space exploration in 2025 will see remarkable missions from global agencies like NASA, ESA, China, and Japan. Key initiatives include lunar landings through NASA’s CLPS and Japan’s M2/Resilience, which will test new technologies and study lunar resources. China’s Tianwen-2 mission aims to collect asteroid samples and explore a comet, advancin...
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NASA Finally Opens Asteroid Canister, 4.6 Billion-Year-Old Secrets Revealed
The curation team will release a catalog of all the Bennu samples later this year, which will allow scientists and institutions around the world to submit requests for research or display.
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Origins Of Life On Earth: 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Holds Clues
Scientists are hopeful that fragments from a 4.5-billion-year-old space rock will reveal the origins of our existence.
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NASA Unable To Remove Remaining Asteroid Sample From Container, Working On New Ways
There are more samples to collect, however, the teams at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) are now struggling to open the canister.
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Ancient Space Rocks May Hold Clues To Earth's Formation, Says NASA
The image shows a canister, which is a gray metal cylinder. Inside, dark, powdery asteroid sample material can be seen.
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NASA Unveils Newly Returned Carbon-Rich Asteroid Sample
NASA on Wednesday gave the public a first glimpse of what scientists found inside a sealed capsule that was returned to Earth last month carrying a carbon-rich soil sample scooped from an asteroid's surface, including water-bearing clay minerals. A small quantity of the material collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft three years ago from the near-E...
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Sample Collected From 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Contains Water, Carbon: NASA
A sample of rock and dust retrieved from the asteroid Bennu contains water and carbon molecules, both building blocks for life as we know it, NASA chief Bill Nelson said Wednesday.
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NASA To Reveal First Images Of Largest Asteroid Sample Collected In Space
NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will yield clues about the earliest days of our solar system and perhaps the origins of life itself.
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NASA Predicts Asteroid With Force Of 22 Atomic Bombs Might Hit Earth In...
NASA scientists are keeping a close eye on asteroid Bennu, a 1,610-foot-wide cosmic object that could smash into our planet 159 years from now.
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NASA Capsule With Largest Sample Ever From Asteroid Returns To Earth
The largest sample ever collected from an asteroid in space, and the first for NASA, landed in the Utah desert Sunday after a fiery final descent through Earth's atmosphere, seven years after the mission's launch.
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NASA Capsule With First Asteroid Sample Set For Touchdown In US Desert
A seven-year space voyage comes to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule lands in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.
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Bennu Asteroid Sample Reveals Organic Compounds That May Hint at Life Beyond Earth
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered a sample from asteroid Bennu, revealing amino acids, nucleobases, ammonia, and minerals formed in saltwater. These organic compounds, vital to life, suggest that the building blocks for life might have existed in other regions of the early solar system. The discovery of evaporite minerals, including halite ...
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NASA Says Asteroid Bennu Samples Hold Secrets Of Life's Origins
The space rock was collected by a NASA spacecraft and transported to Earth in 2023.
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Life's 'Basic Building Blocks' Found In Asteroid Samples
The findings suggest Bennu's parent was once home to pockets of liquid water. When these evaporated, they left behind a "briny broth" of salts and minerals.
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Study Reveals Earth's Small Asteroid Likely Originated from the Moon
Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface. Researchers found its composition matches lunar rock samples, specifically silicate-rich materials, unlike any known asteroid. Analysis from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies confirmed it is a natural object, not human-made debris,...
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Space Missions of 2025: Lunar Landings, Asteroid Sampling, and More
Space exploration in 2025 will see remarkable missions from global agencies like NASA, ESA, China, and Japan. Key initiatives include lunar landings through NASA’s CLPS and Japan’s M2/Resilience, which will test new technologies and study lunar resources. China’s Tianwen-2 mission aims to collect asteroid samples and explore a comet, advancin...
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NASA Finally Opens Asteroid Canister, 4.6 Billion-Year-Old Secrets Revealed
The curation team will release a catalog of all the Bennu samples later this year, which will allow scientists and institutions around the world to submit requests for research or display.
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Origins Of Life On Earth: 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Holds Clues
Scientists are hopeful that fragments from a 4.5-billion-year-old space rock will reveal the origins of our existence.
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NASA Unable To Remove Remaining Asteroid Sample From Container, Working On New Ways
There are more samples to collect, however, the teams at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) are now struggling to open the canister.
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Ancient Space Rocks May Hold Clues To Earth's Formation, Says NASA
The image shows a canister, which is a gray metal cylinder. Inside, dark, powdery asteroid sample material can be seen.
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NASA Unveils Newly Returned Carbon-Rich Asteroid Sample
NASA on Wednesday gave the public a first glimpse of what scientists found inside a sealed capsule that was returned to Earth last month carrying a carbon-rich soil sample scooped from an asteroid's surface, including water-bearing clay minerals. A small quantity of the material collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft three years ago from the near-E...
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Sample Collected From 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Contains Water, Carbon: NASA
A sample of rock and dust retrieved from the asteroid Bennu contains water and carbon molecules, both building blocks for life as we know it, NASA chief Bill Nelson said Wednesday.
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NASA To Reveal First Images Of Largest Asteroid Sample Collected In Space
NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will yield clues about the earliest days of our solar system and perhaps the origins of life itself.
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NASA Predicts Asteroid With Force Of 22 Atomic Bombs Might Hit Earth In...
NASA scientists are keeping a close eye on asteroid Bennu, a 1,610-foot-wide cosmic object that could smash into our planet 159 years from now.
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NASA Capsule With Largest Sample Ever From Asteroid Returns To Earth
The largest sample ever collected from an asteroid in space, and the first for NASA, landed in the Utah desert Sunday after a fiery final descent through Earth's atmosphere, seven years after the mission's launch.
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NASA Capsule With First Asteroid Sample Set For Touchdown In US Desert
A seven-year space voyage comes to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule lands in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.
