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Nebula appearance with stars in the night sky, spectacular colors and amazing details. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Unstable carbon compounds in space? A new discovery may explain the cosmic origins of life 

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Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new method to produce unstable carbon compounds, specifically hydroxymethylene, using UV rays to break down methanol. This discovery not only explains the formation of carbon compounds on the surface of a sphere
The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after it landed in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense Test and Training Range in Utah. (Image credit: NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing asteroid soil samples has landed safely in Utah and been moved to a clean room

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The Osiris-Rex probe returns to Earth small samples of the asteroid Beno, a "real small world" for analysis
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