On September 8, NASA will launch its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft into space. The spacecraft will spend the next two years catching up with asteroid Bennu. "The asteroid, little altered over time ...
Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these ...
But Bennu bucked the trend. The team found equal parts left-handedness and right-handedness in their OSIRIS-REx samples, referred to as a "racemic" mixture. "I have to admit, I was a little ...
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Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently ... which can form amino acids under the right conditions. These amino acids can then link up in long chains, forming ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation ... while non-biological processes produce an equal mix of left and right-handed forms. Bennu’s samples contained a balanced mixture, proving these ...