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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
The first goal of OSIRIS-REx was to blast a spacecraft toward the grayish, lumpy object and get it really close to the surface so the probe could pluck up some space rock samples with a robotic arm.
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NASA will preserve asteroid samples from OSIRIS-Rex for centuries to come so that scientists not even born yet can study them
The sample capsule from OSIRIS-REx — which NASA calls the daredevil spacecraft — landed in the Utah desert Sunday morning. It was carrying rock and dust samples collected by the spacecraft ...
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Scientists find building blocks of life in OSIRIS-REx...Scientists find building blocks of life in OSIRIS-REx...
Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955 Bennu after the mission returned its samples to Earth in 2023.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Is Headed Home With a Huge Asteroid Sample
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Amino Acids on Bennu: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Uncovers Clues to Life’s Origins
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission has detected amino acids in the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, ...
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The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is unusually magnetic ...
Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins
Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...