NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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Fireballs Aotearoa, a group interested in meteorites, said a sonic boom was widely reported as the object came in overhead.
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The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.
When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
Upheaval Dome is a giant rock formation in southeastern Utah with two potential origin stories, although most scientists ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...
Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain the building blocks of life as we know it. Scientists are enthusiastic.
This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...
When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...