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The latest findings from NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission support scientists' theory that asteroids rich in carbon and water may have delivered the essential building blocks of life and made Earth habitable.
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Scientists have begun to analyze roughly 250 grams of Bennu, which could offer insight into solar system formation and life’s origins on Earth.
A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed.
Scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Centre explain what a sample collected from carbon-rich asteroid Bennu - almost 60 million miles away - might mean for our understanding of the origins of life on Earth.