NASA Perseverance rover discovers ‘Silver Mountain’ rock sample, unlocking Mars' ancient past; here’s what experts say
NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named 'Silver Mountain' from Mars' Jezero Crater, marking a ...
Weekly Roundup: 15 Tech Press Releases You Need to See
With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help ...
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Scientists discover ancient space salts in pristine asteroid samples
Researchers from Curtin University have made a groundbreaking discovery after analyzing some of the most well-preserved ...
NASA's Perseverance rover finds 'Silver Mountain' in Mars. Here's what we know
NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named "Silver Mountain" from Mars' Jezero Crater, featuring ...
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Exploring mysteries of Asteroid Bennu
Exploring mysteries of Asteroid Bennu Date: January 29, 2025 Source: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Summary: Scientists found that asteroid Bennu contained a set of salty mineral ...
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Scientists find a 'next step on a pathway to life' in space
Samples of matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks of life to Earth, scientists report in a pair of new studies published ...
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Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained rocks over Revelstoke. Our research team has ...
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Asteroid Bennu came from a distant, lost world of salty ponds
Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried over thousands of years and life’s basic ingredients were widespread ...
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Dust from asteroid Bennu suggests solar system's potential for life was widespread
It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it flew past Earth, which was then recovered in the desert of the U.S ...
Pristine asteroid samples reveal secrets of the ancient solar system
Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained rocks over Revelstoke. Our research team has ...
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Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose. By Carl Zimmer Our solar system contains ...