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An Asteroid Sample Just Changed What We Know About Life in Our Solar System
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino acids, nucleobases, and minerals known as evaporites—all elements of ...
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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Reveals Surprising Complexity of Asteroid Dinkinesh
Lucy approached Dinkinesh in November 2023, revealing that it had a small moon now dubbed Selam. This smaller companion ...
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Scientists find building blocks of life in OSIRIS-REx...Scientists find building blocks of life in OSIRIS-REx...
Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955 Bennu after the mission returned its samples to Earth in 2023.
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
It wouldn't have been limited to just Earth. Ali Rogin (voice-over): The Osiris Rex spacecraft, now called Osiris Apex, which collected this extraordinary sample, is now aiming at a new target.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Completes Last Asteroid Flyby Before Heading Home
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