A Billion-Year-Old Secret Unlocked in Asteroid Bennu’s Dust
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Engaging articles, breathtaking images and expert knowledge Issues delivered straight to your door What would happen if Earth ...
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Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
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Bennu isn't likely to hit Earth - but if it did, here's what would happen
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission reached asteroid 101955 Bennu. Two years later, the spacecraft snagged a sample of its surface, ...
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Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ building blocks for life to Earth — Understanding NASA’s new discovery
A hot water extract from an asteroid Bennu sample (left, “Bennu tea”) was found to contain a surprising abundance of ammoni.(NASA) In a major twist to the study of life beyond Earth ...
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Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu
A portion of the asteroid Bennu sample delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, set into a microscope slide at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: Molly ...
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NASA scientists find 'ingredients for life' in asteroid sample
NASA stated that studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu that were taken by the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer ...
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NASA Confirms 'Asteroid Bennu' Samples Contain Extraterrestrial Building Blocks of Life
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered groundbreaking insights into the origins of life, thanks to pristine samples collected from the asteroid Bennu. The findings, published in Nature ...
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‘Chemical time capsule’: Asteroid Bennu’s salts tell tale of early solar system
Scientists analyzing pristine samples from asteroid Bennu have discovered an extraordinary sequence of salt minerals that tells the story of liquid water’s role in the early solar system.
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NASA finds building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid sample
Scientists from NASA and other institutions who analyzed a sample of the asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth last September made an interesting and important discovery. They found molecules, including ...
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Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu
WASHINGTON - 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 ...
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Could life have come from space? NASA asteroid Bennu samples reveal building blocks of life
Scientists have discovered vital chemical compounds in dust from Bennu. The asteroid sample, collected by NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission, contains organic molecules essential for life. This finding ...