Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...
THE SAMPLES: NASA collected twice as much asteroid dust from Bennu as planned “Data from OSIRIS-REx adds major brushstrokes to a picture of a solar system teeming with the potential for life ...
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
Smithsonian and NASA scientists set out to collect an asteroid sample that may hold clues to the origins of life in our solar system.
[Photo/Agencies] LOS ANGELES -- Studies of the samples from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth by NASA's spacecraft have revealed that the early solar system had widespread conditions and ...
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, launched in 2016, arrived at Bennu in late 2018 and started orbiting the asteroid, which was thought to be a remnant of the solar system’s formation. OSIRIS-REx found ...
Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission , have revealed new findings about the origins of life and the early days of our solar system. The ...
TEMPLE, Texas — New samples from an asteroid could ... planet’s history, and Bennu’s samples are pivotal in our understanding of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life ...