Breakthrough Discovery: Asteroid Fragments Reveal Ingredients For Life
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...
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Asteroid fragments upend theory of how life on Earth bloomed
The Bennu discovery helps to illuminate how, early in the Solar System’s history, asteroids and other planetary building blocks were not just “lumps of stone and ice, but active ‘living’ objects”, ...
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First in-depth analysis of NASA’s Bennu sample return reveals conditions for life were widespread in early solar system
Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid whose components have remained relatively unchanged since the solar system's early days. NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission captured samples from the surface of the asteroid and ...
Scientists uncover the 'strongest evidence yet' for aliens: Breakthrough study confirms asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life
Experts have unearthed the 'strongest evidence yet' for aliens on other planets after pieces of an asteroid were found to ...
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Brine From Asteroid Bennu Reveals Conditions Suitable For Life In Early Solar System
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx brought back to Earth 121 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. This is the largest sample ever collected ...
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Recent research has significantly advanced our understanding of asteroids, particularly the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu, which has been the focus of several missions, including Japan's Hayabusa2.
Expedition uncovers 115 meteorites in Antarctica's unexplored Belgica Mountains
We found rare specimens, like a pallasite meteorite, which reveals details about major collisions in solar system history.
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Life seeded from Space? Rowan’s Connolly oversees research that seems to confirm theory
New research overseen by a Rowan University professor may help support that theory.