PBS12d
The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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 ...
NBC New York13d
Are we all aliens? NASA asteroid samples connect Earth to ancient water world
It remains the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon. The two previous asteroid ... space and not a result of contamination from Earth.” Bennu — a rubble pile just one-third of a mile ...
A Lake That Disappeared Holds Clues to Life Beyond Earth
Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...
NBC Chicago13d
Are we all aliens? NASA asteroid samples connect Earth to ancient water world
It remains the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon ... from Bennu are valid — “real extraterrestrial organic material formed in space and not a result of contamination from Earth.” ...