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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Engaging articles, breathtaking images and expert knowledge Issues delivered straight to your door What would happen if Earth ...
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OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
Briny Traces in NASA’s Asteroid Sample Hold Clues to the Chemistry of Life
The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...
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 ...
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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
It’s long been studied, most recently by NASA. In September 2023, the space agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned 122 grams of dust and rock from Bennu to Earth, collected during a ...
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Major discovery: A large number of building blocks of life... on an asteroid
Samples from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, reveal key molecules for life ... This image, taken by NASA's Osiris-Rex probe in December 2018, shows the asteroid Bennu.
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Webb investigates protoplanetary disk in extreme detail, observes...
What’s more, Webb used its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument to observe glowing interstellar gas and dust illuminated by a supernova explosion approximately 350 years ago. The material glows in ...
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Are we not alone? Research suggests intelligent aliens may exist — perhaps even in our own galaxy
Humanity is exploring space faster than ever before. Scientists are collecting vast amounts of data from distant planets. The question remains: does life exist beyond Earth? New telescopes are ...
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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. If the near-Earth ...