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Scientists have discovered a unique sequence of minerals that formed from evaporated water in samples from Bennu.
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...
When galena is exposed to the elements, it undergoes an oxidization process, yielding other interesting minerals such as wulfenite and green pyromorphite. Perrea said quartzites and fluorites also ...
The presence of water, minerals, salts and amino acids suggests it was possible for the building blocks of life to come together in interesting ways on Bennu, but Glavin said more research is ...
Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...
The scientists also found tiny crystals of rare salt minerals called halite and sylvite within Bennu's dust particles. These ...
Dubai has unveiled plans to develop ‘Therme Dubai,’ a first-of-its-kind wellbeing resort and interactive park in the region, ...