Astrobiologist uses Apollo lunar samples as mirror onto early Earth

Roll back the tape of Earth's history, and geologists and astrobiologists remain perplexed about the environmental conditions ...
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Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rock retrieved from a near-Earth asteroid is crawling with microbial life, scientists have discovered. But the bacteria on its ...
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NASA’s first asteroid sample-return mission grabbed so much of Bennu that debris jammed the collector’s lid and the sample began leaking into space — engineers rushed to ...

OSIRIS-REx flew hundreds of millions of miles to do something NASA had never done: bring a piece of an asteroid home. The target was Bennu, a carbon-rich near-Earth asteroid preserving material from ...
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Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first

A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected. Scientists ...
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After Delivery to Earth, What’s Next for NASA’s Asteroid Sample?

Over the weekend, the OSIRIS-REx probe successfully delivered rocky samples from asteroid Bennu, which could hold clues to the origins of life on Earth. Reading time 3 minutes Earth just got a special ...
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An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by ...
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Scientists obtain deepest rock sample from Earth's mantle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating 4,160 feet (1,268 meters) below the Atlantic seabed - and ...
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A volcano that erupted near Mayotte in 2018 brought something extraordinary to the surface: a material from Earth’s birth 4.4 billion years ago

A young underwater volcano near Mayotte has carried a chemical memory of Earth’s birth all the way to the seafloor. And it’s ...
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An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect

When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.If all goes according to plan, ...