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'Unanticipated discovery': NASA scientists detail findings from asteroid that landed in Utah
Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...
Near-earth asteroid sample dropped off in Utah by NASA contains ingredients of life
A sample from a primitive asteroid that was parachuted into Utah's West Desert in 2023 revealed the building blocks of life, ...
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New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu
Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...
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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
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Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu
Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some ... inside a capsule released by OSIRIS-REx that landed in the Utah desert. Two analyses of the samples have been ...
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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
In other words, OSIRIS-REx was meant to deliver untouched asteroid chunks home to be analyzed in a lab. This brilliant plan worked. The samples landed in the Utah desert in 2023, and scientists ...