LON ANGELES, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — A sample image of an object from the asteroid Bennu in the middle right corner of the sampler. Osiris-Rex (OSIRIS-Rex)
On Wednesday (Oct. 11), NASA said preliminary studies of a sample of the 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu that NASA collected from space and brought back to Earth. revealed the high carbon and water content in the samples. Both of these elements may indicate that the foundations of life on Earth may be found in these rocks.
(Image recorded on October 11, 2023)
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