A Billion-Year-Old Secret Unlocked in Asteroid Bennu’s Dust
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...
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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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Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.
Asteroid Could Devastate Earth In 2182: What to Know
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
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Life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu
By Sage Rohrbach A mosaic image of the Bennu Asteriod, created using pictures from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite that was near the asteroid for over two years. Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia ...
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Spain: Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid executives celebrate the traditional lunch before the match
The directors of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have held the traditional lunch between the clubs' presidents hours before the derby. Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez and his Atletico ...
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Chile's Celestial Crisis: Dark Skies Under Threat
Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...
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NASA Identifies Asteroid Bennu's Earth Trajectory
NASA's watchful eye on the skies has recently spotted asteroid Bennu, a celestial body with a slim chance of impacting Earth.
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Antarctica's Ancient Avians & Other Science Marvels
A fossil from Antarctica unveils the oldest-known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, dating back 69 million years. In Chile, ...
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Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing insights into life's ingredients on Earth, paralleling those found in the Revelstoke meteorite's analysis.
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Asteroids like Bennu may have ‘delivered’ building blocks for life to Earth — Understanding NASA’s new discovery
A hot water extract from an asteroid ... within the Bennu samples. 3. The Bennu samples exhibit an equal abundance of left-handed and right-handed amino acids, like the mirror images of L and ...
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The Asteroid Bennu Has All the Building Blocks of Life
A modern case in point: The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. The OSIRIS-REx mission launched in 2016. Its main aim was to study Bennu and retrieve samples to bring back ...