The discovery of water and carbon in samples of the asteroid Bennu provides more evidence that life on Earth came from outer space.
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This discovery follows a seven-year journey to a rocky asteroid as part of the OSIRIS-REx mission, which deposited its valuable cargo in Utah's desert, United States, last month for scientific analysis. Meanwhile, all life on Earth is based on carbon, which forms bonds with other elements to produce proteins and enzymes as well as the building blocks of genetic code, DNA and RNA.
Named after an ancient Egyptian god, the asteroid Bennu is a"primitive artifact stored in a vacuum," according to NASA, making it an interesting target for study.Its orbit that intersects with our planet also makes the journey easier compared to the trip to the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter.
In October 2020, when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired nitrogen gas at Bennu to collect material, the cover intended to close the sample became opened, allowing some material to flow out into another compartment.
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