It’s International Asteroid Day, and astronomers have a lot to celebrate
by Today, astronomers and space enthusiasts all over the world are wondering together about our mercurial presence in the universe, especially as we walk among large …
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A surprising asteroid sample reveals that Bennu may have come from an ocean world
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. Early analysis of a sample …
Phosphorus in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample suggests Bennu space rock came from ocean world
On September 24, 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped a capsule to Earth containing pristine carbonaceous regolith collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. These samples were …
First look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock could even be ‘fragment of ancient ocean’
Scientists are now examining bits and pieces snagged, bagged and tagged from asteroid Bennu, the cosmic mother lode that delivers NASA’s Origin, Spectral Imaging, Resource …
Scientists examine 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid sample that could reveal the origins of life on Earth
Samples of a 4.5 billion year old asteroid that traveled millions of miles to make it to Earth could reveal the origins of life on …