A NASA mission collected the sample and brought it back in 2023, and scientists have found traces of ancient brine that contains minerals that are the raw ingredients of life.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

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Scientists recently discovered that San Bernardino County's Searles Lake contains minerals found in outer space.

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The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

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