Did life originate in Bennu asteroid? What scientists say
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Did life originate in Bennu asteroid? What scientists say

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A team of scientists discovered that the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of minerals and organic molecules, including many that are building blocks of life. A team of scientists reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of organic molecules, including many crucial building blocks of life. A team of scientists reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of organic molecules, including many that are building blocks of life. An artist’s rendering depicts the Osiris Rex spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-and-Go Sample Arm Mechanism.

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Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu
2 months ago

Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu

The Hindu  

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to research that provides some of the best evidence to date that such space rocks may have seeded early earth with the raw ingredients that fostered the emergence of living organisms. The U.S. space agency’s robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in …

Rare asteroid dust contains building blocks of life
2 months ago

Rare asteroid dust contains building blocks of life

CNN  

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Sending a spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid, gathering dust and rock from its surface, and returning the rare cache to our planet has been one of NASA’s boldest feats yet. Rob Wardell/Tim McCoy/Smithsonian Two studies released Wednesday revealed the asteroid contained many of the …

Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ building blocks for life to Earth — Understanding NASA’s new discovery
2 months ago

Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ building blocks for life to Earth — Understanding NASA’s new discovery

Live Mint  

In a major twist to the study of life beyond Earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said earlier this week that samples collected from asteroid Bennu contained a "mix of life’s ingredients." According to Space.com, almost all of the NASA's new findings about the Bennu samples suggested the asteroid had the right ingredients for life as we know it. …

Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold ingredients of life from watery world
2 months ago

Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold ingredients of life from watery world

Deccan Chronicle  

Cape Canaveral: 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. NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after another space …

Life's 'basic building blocks' found in asteroid samples
2 months ago

Life's 'basic building blocks' found in asteroid samples

Raw Story  

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of how life began on our planet. But the new research found that evaporated water on Bennu's parent asteroid left behind "the raw ingredients of life", said Tim McCoy, curator of meteorites at the Smithsonian's National Museum …

Are we all aliens? Asteroid samples hint at existence of ancient watery world
2 months ago

Are we all aliens? Asteroid samples hint at existence of ancient watery world

Hindustan Times  

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. NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth …

Building blocks of life discovered on asteroid Bennu
2 months ago

Building blocks of life discovered on asteroid Bennu

Salon  

The building blocks for organic matter have been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, as deatiled in a new study in the journal Nature Astronomy. “Organic matter in meteorites reveals clues about early Solar System chemistry and the origin of molecules important to life,” the authors write, adding that samples from asteroids found on Earth are often contaminated by exposure to …

Building blocks of life discovered in dust and soil from asteroid Bennu
2 months ago

Building blocks of life discovered in dust and soil from asteroid Bennu

India Today  

Scientists have discovered chemical building blocks of life in rocks and soil samples from asteroid Bennu. Asteroids provide a time capsule into our home planet’s history, and Bennu’s samples are pivotal in our understanding of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life started on Earth,” Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission at Nasa said. One, in the journal …

Bennu Asteroid contains building blocks of life, scientists say
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2 months ago

Bennu Asteroid contains building blocks of life, scientists say

ABC  

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, according to new research. The US space agency's robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2020 collected the samples from the near-Earth asteroid, a rocky remnant of a larger celestial body that had formed near the dawn of the solar system roughly 4.5 …

‘Building blocks of life’ found on alien asteroid, scientists say
2 months ago

‘Building blocks of life’ found on alien asteroid, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Samples taken by Nasa from the asteroid Bennu have not only the ingredients required to life but …

Historic asteroid samples collected by OSIRIS-REx contain ingredients crucial for life
2 months ago

Historic asteroid samples collected by OSIRIS-REx contain ingredients crucial for life

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Now, new research has revealed the asteroid contains many of the chemical building blocks of life, such as amino acids and components found in DNA, said Dr. Daniel P. Glavin, senior scientist for samples return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “This is all very exciting because it suggests …

Historic asteroid samples collected by OSIRIS-REx contain ingredients crucial for life
2 months ago

Historic asteroid samples collected by OSIRIS-REx contain ingredients crucial for life

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Now, new research has revealed the asteroid contains many of the chemical building blocks of life, such as amino acids and components found in DNA, said Dr. Daniel P. Glavin, senior scientist for samples return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “This is all very exciting because it suggests …

NASA makes stunning move on Asteroid Bennu samples after OSIRIS-REx mission success
11 months, 4 weeks ago

NASA makes stunning move on Asteroid Bennu samples after OSIRIS-REx mission success

Hindustan Times  

Asteroid Bennu is back in the news again and this time, it is there for a good reason. Ever since the return of the samples via the US space agency NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, the news had been negative as the lid of the container with the samples inside just could not be pried open by the arguably, technologically most advanced …

Asteroid Bennu could be part of a lost ocean world in our Solar System
1 year, 1 month ago

Asteroid Bennu could be part of a lost ocean world in our Solar System

India Today  

Nasa's OSIRIS-REx mission that brought back to Earth a trove of asteroid samples are providing groundbreaking insights into the early solar system and the origins of life. The fragments from the asteroid Bennu, which arrived on Earth in September 2023 after a seven-year, 6.21 billion-kilometer journey, are believed to have originated from an ancient ocean world. The discovery of phosphate, …

Nasa opens up pieces of a distant asteroid transported back to Earth
1 year, 5 months ago

Nasa opens up pieces of a distant asteroid transported back to Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The dark, dusty sample comes from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, and might include the “building blocks of life”, …

NASA finds Bennu asteroid contains water and carbon
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA finds Bennu asteroid contains water and carbon

ABC  

A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, both vital materials for the formation of our planet, NASA has revealed. Key points: The sample is being analysed in a specialised clean room at NASA's space centre in Houston NASA chose Bennu because they think similar asteroids could have delivered organic building blocks to Earth through …

NASA shows off its first asteroid samples delivered by a spacecraft
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA shows off its first asteroid samples delivered by a spacecraft

LA Times  

Ancient black dust from asteroid Bennu is visible outside the OSIRIS-REx sample collector, with more material inside. NASA on Wednesday showed off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft — a jumble of black dust and rubble that’s the most ever returned to Earth. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected the samples three years ago from the surface of …

What's next for NASA's asteroid samples? How 250g of the Bennu space rock could help to unravel the origins of life on Earth
1 year, 6 months ago

What's next for NASA's asteroid samples? How 250g of the Bennu space rock could help to unravel the origins of life on Earth

Daily Mail  

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth seven years after mission started Against all odds, NASA has achieved what many would have deemed impossible just a few decades ago. In this photo provided by NASA, the sample return capsule from NASA's Osiris-Rex mission lies on the ground shortly after touching down in the desert, at the Department of Defense's Utah …

Nasa lands Bennu asteroid samples back on Earth
1 year, 6 months ago

Nasa lands Bennu asteroid samples back on Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The capsule even conveniently landed near a road!” Reacting to the landing, Queen musician Brian May, who …

Asteroid Bennu may reveal secrets of life on Earth. Its sample in NASA capsule will have…
1 year, 6 months ago

Asteroid Bennu may reveal secrets of life on Earth. Its sample in NASA capsule will have…

Hindustan Times  

After seven years of expedition and logging over 6.2 billion km, mothership Osiris-Rex has succesfully delivered rubble from an asteroid, Bennu, situated at such a distance from Earth that it is believed to come ‘dagerously close’ to the planet by next century which may lead to a possible collision. Undated image provided by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu seen from …

When will Osiris Rex return? Pieces of Asteroid Bennu about to come to Earth as part of Nasa’s mission
1 year, 6 months ago

When will Osiris Rex return? Pieces of Asteroid Bennu about to come to Earth as part of Nasa’s mission

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ashley King, UKRI future leaders fellow, Natural History Museum, said: “Osiris-Rex spent over two years studying asteroid …

All about asteroid Bennu, a ticking n-bomb that could destroy Earth and NASA's mission to prevent it
1 year, 6 months ago

All about asteroid Bennu, a ticking n-bomb that could destroy Earth and NASA's mission to prevent it

Hindustan Times  

Asteroid Bennu, named after an ancient Egyptian mythological bird, that is associated with the Sun, creation and rebirth has been predicted to hit the Earth by NASA. The ticking n-bomb Bennu According to scientists, Bennu which is taller than the Empire State Building and 510 meters wide- could release 1,2000 megatons of energy if it hit Earth, i.e. NASA states …

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission set for historic asteroid Bennu sample return next week
1 year, 6 months ago

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission set for historic asteroid Bennu sample return next week

Hindustan Times  

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is set to create history on September 24, 2023, by bringing back samples from the asteroid Bennu after spending seven years in deep space. Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous, near-Earth space rock that has a nearly 1 in 1,800 chance of colliding with Earth in the next 300 years. What is NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission Launched in …

Science for All | The strange surface of asteroid Bennu
2 years, 8 months ago

Science for All | The strange surface of asteroid Bennu

The Hindu  

This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! NASA’s space mission to study asteroid Bennu could have ended in disaster if it did not leave immediately after collecting samples from its surface in October 2020. The space organisation has revealed its findings after analysing the …

Mission hints space rocks could have made life possible on Earth
2 years, 9 months ago

Mission hints space rocks could have made life possible on Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Space rocks could have made life on Earth possible, according to a breakthrough …

Nasa scientists learn more about asteroid Bennu’s future orbit
3 years, 7 months ago

Nasa scientists learn more about asteroid Bennu’s future orbit

Live Mint  

In a study released this week, researchers at Nasa used precision-tracking data from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu through the year 2300. “NASA’s Planetary Defense mission is to find and monitor asteroids and comets that can come near Earth and may pose a hazard to our planet,” said Kelly Fast, program manager …

Nasa’s Osiris Rex probe begins two year journey to Earth from asteroid Bennu with cache of soil samples
3 years, 10 months ago

Nasa’s Osiris Rex probe begins two year journey to Earth from asteroid Bennu with cache of soil samples

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa’s Osiris Rex probe is embarking on a two year journey back to …

Asteroid samples from Hayabusa-2 leave Japan scientists speechless
4 years, 3 months ago

Asteroid samples from Hayabusa-2 leave Japan scientists speechless

Live Mint  

Scientists in Japan said on 15 December they were left "speechless" when they saw how much asteroid dust was inside a capsule delivered by the Hayabusa-2 space probe in an unprecedented mission. The Japanese probe collected surface dust and pristine material last year from the asteroid Ryugu, around 300 million kilometres away, during two daring phases of its six-year mission. …

Asteroid Bennu Has Been in Earth's Vicinity for 1.75 Million Years, Reveals New Study
4 years, 5 months ago

Asteroid Bennu Has Been in Earth's Vicinity for 1.75 Million Years, Reveals New Study

News 18  

Asteroid Bennu has been in the news for the past few weeks for NASA’s historic sample collection mission on the space rock. Research has revealed that the asteroid has been in an orbit that brings it astronomically close to our home planet for 1.75 million years. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sent by NASA to collect samples from the asteroid has proved …

Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft
4 years, 5 months ago

Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft

Hindustan Times  

A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday. Scientists announced the news three days after the spacecraft named Osiris-Rex briefly touched asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first attempt at such a mission. The mission’s lead scientist, Dante Lauretta, said Tuesday’s operation …

NASA asteroid surface sampling on asteroid Bennu likely successful
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA asteroid surface sampling on asteroid Bennu likely successful

Hindustan Times  

NASA on Wednesday released its first images of a sampling operation carried out on the asteroid Bennu, which appeared to show successful recovery of rock and dust, or as one official put it, “the kind of mess we were hoping for.” In this image taken from video released by NASA, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft touches the surface of asteroid Bennu on …

NASA spacecraft collects rock samples from asteroid Bennu
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA spacecraft collects rock samples from asteroid Bennu

India TV News  

A NASA spacecraft successfully touched down on the rugged surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, collecting a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring back to Earth, the US space agency said. "This amazing first for NASA demonstrates how an incredible team from across the country came together and persevered through incredible challenges …

NASA spacecraft grabs sample of rocks from asteroid Bennu
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA spacecraft grabs sample of rocks from asteroid Bennu

The Hindu  

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, extended its 11-foot robotic arm toward a flat patch of gravel near Bennus north pole and plucked the sample of …

NASA probe Osiris-Rex ’kisses’ asteroid Bennu in historic mission
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA probe Osiris-Rex ’kisses’ asteroid Bennu in historic mission

Live Mint  

After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on Tuesday to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles from Earth. "We think we actually might be coming back with a baby picture of what the solar system was like, of what our chemistry was like, billions of …

NASA's Probe Osiris-Rex 'Kisses' Asteroid Bennu After Four-Year Long Historic Mission
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA's Probe Osiris-Rex 'Kisses' Asteroid Bennu After Four-Year Long Historic Mission

News 18  

After a four-year journey, NASA’s robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu’s boulder-strewn surface on Tuesday to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles from Earth. “We think we actually might be coming back with a baby picture of what the solar system was like, of what our chemistry was like, billions of …

Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe collects rock sample from asteroid Bennu in historic mission
4 years, 5 months ago

Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe collects rock sample from asteroid Bennu in historic mission

India Today  

Nasa’s robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday to collect rock and dust samples almost 330 million kilometres from the Earth. Speaking to news agency AFP, Nasa scientist Michelle Thaller said: “We think we actually might be coming back with a baby picture of what the solar system was like, of what …

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx grabs rocks from asteroid in historic mission
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx grabs rocks from asteroid in historic mission

Al Jazeera  

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of the solar system to bring home. Seconds later, the Lockheed mission operator Estelle Church confirmed the spacecraft had eased away from the space rock after making contact, announcing: “Sample collection is complete and the …

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx poised to reach out and touch an asteroid
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx poised to reach out and touch an asteroid

Al Jazeera  

Imagine having to parallel park a 15-passenger van in a narrow parking spot surrounded by two-storey boulders. Now, OSIRIS-REx is poised to land on Bennu’s surface, making for NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission, and the biggest delivery of extraterrestrial material since the Apollo era of the 1960s and ‘70s. On Tuesday afternoon, the plucky little craft is expected to …

Asteroid is like a cream-filled chocolate egg flying through space, Nasa spacecraft shows as it prepares to bring samples back to Earth
4 years, 5 months ago

Asteroid is like a cream-filled chocolate egg flying through space, Nasa spacecraft shows as it prepares to bring samples back to Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The inside of Asteroid Bennu could be less dense than its outer layers …

NASA gets ready to land on asteroid Bennu as new studies confirm it is a rich source of carbon
4 years, 5 months ago

NASA gets ready to land on asteroid Bennu as new studies confirm it is a rich source of carbon

ABC  

It may look like a grey space rock, but the asteroid known as Bennu is turning out to be far from boring. Key points: NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been studying a near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu since 2018 Six new papers confirm the space rock is covered with carbon, but there are many other unexpected results While it's thrown up some …

NASA’s spacecraft is orbiting closer to an asteroid than ever before
5 years, 9 months ago

NASA’s spacecraft is orbiting closer to an asteroid than ever before

CNN  

CNN — In the dark and lonely place that is space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has managed to reach a new level of proximity as it studies an asteroid. After a maneuver, the spacecraft in NASA’s asteroid study mission is orbiting closer to a planetary body than any spacecraft has ever come, the space agency said. The mission recently entered a …

NASA probe finds water-bearing minerals near-Earth asteroid Bennu
6 years ago

NASA probe finds water-bearing minerals near-Earth asteroid Bennu

India TV News  

Scientists have discovered evidence of abundant water-bearing minerals on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Using early spectral data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft orbiting the asteroid, the team identified infrared properties similar to those in a type of meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites. "Scientists are interested in the composition of Bennu because similar objects may have seeded the Earth with …

NASA's plan to dig for dirt, gravel from asteroid Bennu isn't going very well
6 years ago

NASA's plan to dig for dirt, gravel from asteroid Bennu isn't going very well

Firstpost  

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft revealed the asteroid which is 70 million miles from Earth is covered with boulders. NASA’s plan to scoop up dirt and gravel from an asteroid has hit a snag, but scientists say they can overcome it. But a recently arrived spacecraft revealed the asteroid is covered with boulders and there don’t seem to be any big, flat …

First close look at asteroids Ryugu and Bennu sends planetary scientists into a spin
6 years ago

First close look at asteroids Ryugu and Bennu sends planetary scientists into a spin

ABC  

If you think Ryugu and Bennu appear pretty similar at first glance, you're not entirely wrong. Key points: Preliminary data from two separate asteroid missions, Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx, have been analysed Asteroids Ryugu and Bennu are similar in many ways but have different water content, spin and surface age Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx aim to return samples of the asteroids to …

Unexpected discoveries from near-Earth asteroid Bennu about origins of life, Nasa reveals
6 years ago

Unexpected discoveries from near-Earth asteroid Bennu about origins of life, Nasa reveals

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa has revealed "unexpected" findings from the first data received back from a …

Spacecraft makes ‘unexpected’ discoveries about asteroid Bennu
6 years ago

Spacecraft makes ‘unexpected’ discoveries about asteroid Bennu

CNN  

CNN — NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has only been orbiting the asteroid Bennu for a few months but mission scientists have already learned new details about the near-Earth asteroid that is 70 million miles away, according to a NASA announcement. “Throughout OSIRIS-REx’s operations near Bennu, our spacecraft and operations team have demonstrated that we can achieve system performance that beats design …

NASA OSIRIS-REx captures Earth, moon, asteroid Bennu in a single frame
6 years, 2 months ago

NASA OSIRIS-REx captures Earth, moon, asteroid Bennu in a single frame

Firstpost  

The picture was taken days before the NASA probe zoomed in to the asteroid’s orbit on New Year’s Eve. NASA ’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took a picture of Earth just days before zooming in to asteroid Bennu’s orbit on New Year’s Eve. The small asteroid Bennu, which is barely 500 meters wide, looks like a huge, bright blob in the long-exposure …

How NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is helping Earthlings understand how we got here
6 years, 3 months ago

How NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is helping Earthlings understand how we got here

Salon  

A small yet nearby asteroid named Bennu might have had water on its surface in the recent past, according to one of the latest updates NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has sent back to Earth. Since parking itself nearly 12 miles above the surface of Bennu in early December — a location that took nearly two nearly two years to get to, …

Water traces found on asteroid Bennu
6 years, 3 months ago

Water traces found on asteroid Bennu

The Hindu  

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has discovered ingredients for water on a nearby skyscraper-sized asteroid, a rocky acorn-shaped object that may hold clues to the origins of life on the earth, scientists said on Monday. OSIRIS-REx, which flew last week within a scant 19 km of the asteroid Bennu some 2.25 million km from the earth, found traces of hydrogen and oxygen …

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