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NASA’s Bennu mission uncovered a surprise nobody saw coming

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission set out to grab a small scoop of rock from asteroid Bennu and bring it home. Instead, it delivered ...
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NASA faces 1 in 2,700 killer asteroid threat. Here’s the stop plan

The asteroid Bennu carries a small but very real chance of slamming into Earth in the next few centuries, with one particular ...
Yahoo

'Space gum,' sugars crucial for life found on Bennu sample, NASA says

The Bennu asteroid, a space rock not too far from Earth that is rich in carbon, continues to be a trove of information for scientists keen to learn about how life may have begun in our solar system.
Yahoo

Asteroid Bennu samples reveal ancient water offering new clues about the origin of life on Earth

Some of the oldest objects in the solar system still drift above your head. Asteroids and comets formed before Earth took shape, and they carry a record of a chemical world that existed long before ...
CNN

Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid. Here’s what it means

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our planet about every six ...
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‘Space gum,’ sugars crucial for life found on Bennu sample, NASA says

The Bennu asteroid, a space rock not too far from Earth that is rich in carbon, continues to be a trove of information for scientists keen to learn about how life may have begun in our solar system.
WLKY

Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid — Here’s what it means

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to exist on Bennu, a small asteroid that swings by our planet about every six ...