US EditionNASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
- NASA has successfully returned the largest soil sample from the asteroid Bennu to Earth. This sample is composed of the original materials of the solar system and is considered a relic of the early solar system.
- The hypothesis is that asteroids and comets delivered organic material and potentially water to Earth, which helped life flourish here. Bennu, a carbon-rich asteroid, is believed to contain water molecules locked in minerals and has a low density.
- NASA will use a quarter of the sample immediately for experiments and will share small amounts with mission partners. The majority of the sample will be saved for future scientific analysis.
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What scientists hope to learn from asteroid sample returned to Earth on NASA spacecraft
You may have heard about a NASA probe that successfully brought some samples from a deep-space asteroid back to Earth. It took four billion miles to get them, but researchers believe it will be worth it. You also may be wondering just why scientists want these samples from what's essentially a huge rock flying through space. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien explains.
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