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What is Nasa’s Osiris Rex space mission?

Nasa is expected to break new ground in space research on Sunday with its Osiris-Rex mission. The US space agency will bring home the largest asteroid sample ever returned to Earth, but what is the purpose of the mission and how is the UK involved? ...

24 Sept 2023 at 10:51

Samples from asteroid could be key to secrets of building blocks of life – Nasa

Nasa said the “building blocks of life on Earth” could be present in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid as the agency showed off samples collected from it in space. The US space agency said on Wednesday that early tests of materials collected from ...

11 Oct 2023 at 22:41

Nasa to return largest asteroid sample ever as UK helps with research

Nasa is set to deliver the largest asteroid sample ever returned to Earth, with UK scientists heavily involved in research on the space material. A capsule containing about 250g of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu is expected to ...

24 Sept 2023 at 10:49

Nasa lands Bennu asteroid samples back on Earth

Nasa has successfully landed the largest asteroid sample ever collected back on Earth. A capsule containing about 250g of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu touched down in the Utah desert near Salt Lake City at 3.52pm BST on ...

24 Sept 2023 at 20:31

4.5 billion-year-old asteroid could reveal the origins of life on Earth

Samples of a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid that have travelled millions of miles to make it to Earth could reveal the origins of life on the planet. The teaspoon-sized specimen, taken from asteroid Bennu, is being examined by ...

28 Nov 2023 at 01:19

UK researchers to study sample of asteroid Bennu as part of Nasa mission

UK scientists are gearing up to receive a sample from asteroid Bennu, which will help unveil secrets of our solar system. The sample, which was collected as part of Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission, will return to Earth on Sunday, ...

22 Sept 2023 at 16:57

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