NASA Discovers Sugars and Unique Compounds in Asteroid Bennu Samples
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered asteroid Bennu samples containing three significant discoveries: sugars essential for biology, a previously unseen gum-like substance in astromaterials, and an unexpectedly high abundance of dust particles. These findings provide new insights into the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life, with the research published in Nature Geosciences and Nature Astronomy.
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· 3 pulledThe asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life.
As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, three new papers published Tuesday by the journals Nature Geosciences and Nature Astronomy present remarkable discoveries.
Sugars essential for biology, a gum-like substance not seen before in astromaterials, and an unexpectedly high abundance of dust particles.
The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As
