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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

This image provided by NASA shows a top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside.

And now, the daring OSIRIS-REx mission is bearing scientific fruit ... Glavin, senior scientist for sample return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Corals appear stationary ...