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USA Today1y
How did life on Earth start? This asteroid may have some answers - USA TODAY
Sept. 24, 2023: Sample Return Capsule lands on Earth. OSIRIS-REx is renamed OSIRIS-APEX and sent to Apophis, a 1,100-foot-wide asteroid expected to pass Earth at a distance of 20,000 miles in 2029.
CNN1y
An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect - CNN
On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.
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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 - MSN
Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained rocks over Revelstoke.
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An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect - WCVB Channel 5
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.
The Independent1y
Nasa lands Bennu asteroid samples back on Earth
Asteroid Bennu is a 4.5-billion-year-old remnant of our early solar system and scientists believe it can help shed light on how planets formed and evolved.. Experts say the carbon-rich, near-Earth ...
Digital Trends5mon
Building blocks of life identified in sample collected from asteroid Bennu - Digital Trends
Some of the minerals identified in the Bennu sample have never been found in a sample from beyond Earth before, ... where it collected a sample that was returned to Earth on Tuesday, June 25.
WLWT1y
An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect - WLWT
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.
CNN1y
An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect | CNN - CNN International
On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.
PBS5mon
The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded - PBS
This combination of rock, water and organics is one reason OSIRIS-REx chose to sample the organic-rich asteroid Bennu, where water and organic compounds essential to the origin of life could be found.
WRAL1y
An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here's what to expect - WRAL
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Posted 6:01 p.m. Sep 21 ...