2023-10-11 19:41:00
It has been confirmed that water and carbon exist on the near-Earth asteroid ‘Bennu’, which is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old. Accordingly, through research on materials from the early days of the solar system’s creation, the secret of how life appeared on Earth can be unraveled. We are looking forward to whether this will be possible. NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, released samples of ‘Bennu’ collected by the asteroid probe ‘Osiris-Rex’ capsule, which returned on the 24th of last month, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on the 11th local time. “The rocks and dust contained in the capsule contain water and large amounts of carbon,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “This suggests that asteroids like Bennu may have delivered the basic elements of life to Earth.” “The first analysis shows that there is a significant amount of water in the clay minerals,” he said. “There is also carbon in both minerals and organic molecules,” he said. “This sample far exceeds our target of 60 grams. “It is the most carbon-rich of the asteroid samples that returned to Earth,” he said, emphasizing that “carbon and water molecules are the substances we were looking for.” He also said, “These substances are important elements in the formation of the Earth,” adding, “Elements from which life might have originated.” “It is expected that it will help to determine the origin of the Osiris-Rex asteroid probe. Seven years following being launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Center in September 2016, the capsule was launched on a 6.2 billion km long journey. He returned last month.※ ‘Your report becomes news.’
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