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Hayabusa2's Ancient Asteroid Samples Are the Most Pristine Ever Seen. Why That's a Big Deal

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

All 5 fundamental units of life's genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the ...
Space.com

1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world'

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An asteroid sample contains all the key components for life on Earth

DNA from a distance ...
The Hill

NASA shows off samples from near-Earth asteroid delivered by spacecraft — and there’s more to come

HOUSTON (KTVX) — If you can get a scientist to say “wow,” then you’re in pretty impressive territory. According to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid researchers, they’ve been saying “wow” quite a bit since ...
Futurism on MSN

Samples From Distant Asteroid Contain All DNA and RNA Building Blocks

Woah. The post Samples From Distant Asteroid Contain All DNA and RNA Building Blocks appeared first on Futurism.
SpaceNews

Lunar Samples Find a New Home

The well-being of the Apollo lunar sample collection is a responsibility of the Johnson Space Center, specifically the Office of Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation within the Space and Life ...
Space.com

Japan's asteroid samples faced surprise challenges on Earth: A pandemic, traffic jams and airport security

Please do not put your asteroid samples in an airplane's overhead bins. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...
Yahoo

Opinion - Samples before space suits: America must be smart about its mission to Mars

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On day one of this administration, the president included his ambitions for Mars in his inaugural address, and again several weeks ...
Ars Technica

With NASA’s plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return

China plans to launch two heavy-lift Long March 5 rockets with elements of the Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission in 2028, the mission’s chief designer said Thursday. In a presentation at a Chinese ...
SpaceNews

The Quarantine and Certification of Martian Samples: Opening Statement

Good afternoon and welcome. I am pleased to be here today with members of the authoring committee to publicly release this new National Research Council report, The Quarantine and Certification of ...
CNN

NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. NASA is seeking ...