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After a decade and $1.2 billion, NASA reveals its booty from Bennu: 121 grams

The asteroid sample returned from Bennu is 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams), equivalent to half a cup of sugar or a small avocado.
NASA invested $1.2 billion and nearly a decade to retrieve this small amount of asteroid dust, but it is 20 times greater than previous missions.
The sample retrieval exceeded the minimum requirement for the mission and is considered a success by NASA.

Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life

The OSIRIS-REx mission has unveiled minerals and organic compounds from asteroid Bennu that could be linked to the origins of life on Earth.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission teases new insights on how life began

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission suggests early solar system conditions may have favored the emergence of life, increasing the potential for finding life elsewhere.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission teases new insights on how life began

The OSIRIS-REx mission suggests that conditions conducive to life were common in the early solar system.

NASA's Asteroid Sample Appears to Have Originated on Ocean World

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned the largest cache of asteroid samples ever to Earth, including carbon and water.
Scientists believe that the asteroid Bennu may have been part of an ancient water-rich planet or pseudoplanet.

After a decade and $1.2 billion, NASA reveals its booty from Bennu: 121 grams

The asteroid sample returned from Bennu is 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams), equivalent to half a cup of sugar or a small avocado.
NASA invested $1.2 billion and nearly a decade to retrieve this small amount of asteroid dust, but it is 20 times greater than previous missions.
The sample retrieval exceeded the minimum requirement for the mission and is considered a success by NASA.

Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life

The OSIRIS-REx mission has unveiled minerals and organic compounds from asteroid Bennu that could be linked to the origins of life on Earth.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission teases new insights on how life began

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission suggests early solar system conditions may have favored the emergence of life, increasing the potential for finding life elsewhere.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission teases new insights on how life began

The OSIRIS-REx mission suggests that conditions conducive to life were common in the early solar system.

NASA's Asteroid Sample Appears to Have Originated on Ocean World

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned the largest cache of asteroid samples ever to Earth, including carbon and water.
Scientists believe that the asteroid Bennu may have been part of an ancient water-rich planet or pseudoplanet.
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Ancient Asteroid Sample Reveals Life's Surprisingly Common Extraterrestrial Ingredients

Bennu asteroid samples reveal crucial insights into the building blocks of life from early solar system.

The asteroid NASA landed on is carrying ingredients for DNA and RNA. It's a promising sign for prospects of alien life.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission discovered DNA and RNA building blocks on asteroid Bennu, suggesting asteroids may spread life's precursors across the universe.

Ancient Asteroid Sample Reveals Life's Surprisingly Common Extraterrestrial Ingredients

Bennu asteroid samples reveal crucial insights into the building blocks of life from early solar system.

The asteroid NASA landed on is carrying ingredients for DNA and RNA. It's a promising sign for prospects of alien life.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission discovered DNA and RNA building blocks on asteroid Bennu, suggesting asteroids may spread life's precursors across the universe.
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NASA's asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

Meteoroids are common but large ones are rare; OSIRIS-REx capsule was studied as an 'artificial meteor' upon reentry.
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