In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 ...
Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of ...
The scientists also found tiny crystals of rare salt minerals called halite and sylvite within Bennu's dust particles. These ...
Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all ...
The building blocks of DNA have been found in samples returned to Earth from an asteroid, suggesting life rained down from ...
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
The key advantage of switching rather than cutting salt intake is that potassium-enriched salt can be used as a direct one-for-one swap for regular salt. It looks the same, works for seasoning and in ...
Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...