Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...
Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the ...
It was all the way back in September 2023 when the return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample-return mission landed at the ...
The asteroid in question, named Bennu, was the focus of a very dreamy NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx that launched in 2016.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned a generous chunk of the asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023, and scientists have been analyzing it ever since. International scientific teams have ...
Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...
Scientists have found all five nucelobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous ...
Analysis of samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of organic compounds important for life, and that its ...
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Related: OSIRIS-REx: A complete guide to NASA's asteroid ... the first 200 visitors to see the exhibit on Friday were each gifted a 3D-printed model of Bennu as a commemorative keepsake.