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WATCH | Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu

31 January 2025 - 07:30
By Reuters

Rock and dust samples collected from a deep space asteroid have been found to contain the building blocks of life.

The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shortly after touching down in the desert at the US department of defence test and training range in Utah on September 24 2023.
Image: NASA/Keegan Barber/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shortly after touching down in the desert at the US department of defence test and training range in Utah on September 24 2023.
A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on December 2 2018 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 24 km.
Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Handout via REUTERS / File Photo A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on December 2 2018 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 24 km.
The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu in the desert in Utah on September 24 2023.
Image: NASA/Keegan Barber/Handout via REUTERS The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu in the desert in Utah on September 24 2023.

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