The asteroid is our son

Imaging of the Osiris-Rex probe collecting a sample from the Bennu asteroid. Source: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab.

Building blocks of life: Asteroid samples indicate path of ice formation

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Researchers analyzed stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in samples from the asteroid Bennu. Isotopes are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. The ratio of them serves as a chemical “fingerprint.”
A rendering of the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft leaving the surface of asteroid Bennu after collecting a sample. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab/SVS

Billion-year-old secret revealed in dust from asteroid Bennu

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Researchers are uncovering secrets of our solar system by analyzing samples from the asteroid Bennu, some of the finest ever collected.
A poster depicting all the compounds discovered in the OSIRIS-REx sample. Credit: NASA

Nitrogen-containing organic compounds that support life were discovered in abundance on the asteroid

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A top view of one of the containers containing rocks and dust from the Beno asteroid, scaled in centimeters. Credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld and Joseph Aebersold

Surprise in the sample from the asteroid: its structure contains the "original ingredients" of the solar system

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The OSIRIS-Rex sample analysis team found that the asteroid dust was rich in carbon, nitrogen, organic compounds and magnesium sodium phosphate, suggesting special historical conditions.
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
The Osiris Rex spacecraft is hovering over the Bennu asteroid. Illustration: shutterstock

Osiris Rex and the Beno Asteroid: Tension, Initiative and a 400g Specimen

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It turned out that the lid of the tank was stuck with a lump of soil and did not close. The decision made was to reduce as much as possible various operations and store the material as quickly as possible. In addition, two were separated from the spaceship
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to touch down on the surface of asteroid Ben. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

The Osiris Rex spacecraft successfully touched down on asteroid Benu in an attempt to obtain a sample

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In the coming week, the engineers and scientists of the mission will try to estimate the size of the collected sample, and if it is smaller than the target of 60 grams, another contact attempt will be made in January
The asteroid Beno, as photographed from the Osiris Rex spacecraft from an altitude of 24 km. Photo by NASA

Asteroid Bennu - an interim summary before Osiris Rex collects a sample from it and returns it to the Earth

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Asteroids pass by the Earth. Image: NASA

Considerable amounts of water were discovered in the Bennu asteroid, did the asteroids bring the water to Earth?

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