Ученые узнали, из чего состоит астероидная пыль: она старше Солнца

Космический зонд NASA смог собрать материал с поверхности астероида Бенну и доставить его на землю.

УНИАН
Volltreffer für die #Forschung.
Die #NASA hat in den Bodenproben, die die Sonde #Osiris_rex vom #Asteroiden #Bennu
mitgebracht hat, 14 Aminosäuren und alle fünf Basen der #DNS bzw. #DNA und #RNA gefunden.
Das ist ein starker Hinweis, dass #Leben auf anderen Himmelskörpern irgendwann möglich gewesen sein kann.
Es wird spannend im #Weltall.
#RNS #LebenimUniversum

Die Auswertung der Proben vom Asteroiden Bennu, die OSIRIS-REx eingesammelt und zur Erde gebracht hat, ergab viele Bausteine des Lebens, darunter Aminosäuren und verschiedene Salzmineralien.

https://science.orf.at/stories/3228659/

https://www.heise.de/news/Asteroid-Bennu-hat-alle-fuenf-Aminosaeuren-fuer-Erbgut-10261421.html

#Bennu #OSIRIS_REx #NASA #Asteroid

Astronomie: Bennu enthält viele Bausteine des Lebens

Im September 2023 hat eine NASA-Raumkapsel nach einer mehrjährigen Reise durch das All Stückchen des Asteroiden Bennu zur Erde gebracht. Sie enthalten Salze und viele organische Substanzen, die auf der Erde Bausteine des Lebens sind, wie neue Analysen zeigen.

ORF.at
It's Been 2 Months. Why Can't NASA Open the Asteroid Sample Container?

The space agency is having to develop new tools to crack open the canister containing bits from asteroid Bennu.

Gizmodo
Samples of #asteroid Bennu that were returned to Earth by the #OSIRIS_REx mission contain some of the building blocks of life — carbon and water, trapped inside the crystal structure of clay minerals. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03178-0?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=8a0bd7af86-briefing-dy-20231012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-8a0bd7af86-50179668
‘Incredible’ asteroid sample ferried to Earth is rich in the building blocks of life

Samples of asteroid Bennu delivered by the OSIRIS-REx mission include carbon, water and other ingredients of the primordial Solar System.

"Wow! This thing is loaded with organics!"

And so it begins ...

#OSIRIS_REx

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully returns asteroid sample to Earth - World Socialist Web Site

#Bennu #OSIRIS_Rex #Asteroid

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/27/ueuv-s27.html

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully returns asteroid sample to Earth

The next mission for the spacecraft will be orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Apophis starting in April 2029.

World Socialist Web Site

NASA capsule brings home asteroid samples dating back to the birth of the solar system - CBS News

#NASA #OSIRIS_REx #Bennu

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-asteroid-samples-landing-osiris-rex-bennu/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=237211433

NASA capsule brings home asteroid samples dating back to the birth of the solar system

In a dramatic 13-minute plunge back to Earth, the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule safely landed in Utah after seven years in space.

CBS News

Lanciata nel 2016, la missione #OSIRIS_REx aveva l'obiettivo ambizioso di raggiungere l'asteroide #Bennu, raccogliere un campione di 250 grammi e tornare sulla Terra. Ieri, dopo un viaggio di quasi 2 miliardi di chilometri, è riuscita nell'impresa. Ma perché tutto questo sforzo per un po' di polvere e roccia? Proviamo a fare chiarezza.

#spazio #nasa #asteroidi #UnoScienza

https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2023/09/la-nasa-recupera-il-campione-dall-asteroide-bennu-perche-e-importante/

NASA, recuperato il campione dall'asteroide Bennu: perché è importante

Dopo un lungo viaggio spaziale, OSIRIS-REX porta sulla Terra un campione dell'asteroide Bennu: può fornirci risposte cruciali.

Futuro Prossimo
@AkaSci I would not be surprised if one of these missions recovers DNA but I'm not sure they'd tell us if it did.
#OSIRISREX #OSIRIS_REx