Now, back on Earth, the sample from asteroid Bennu has already delivered surprising findings about the early solar system and where the asteroid might have come from.
It took a while to remove the lid from the sample canister carefully, but even the first bits of the asteroid from the lid were carbon-rich, an essential element for all life on Earth.The sample also contained the surprising finding of magnesium-sodium phosphate, which the spacecraft imaging team could not see through spectra data on the asteroid.
Campins said to expect much more research and discoveries to come from the sample now that it’s on Earth. Campins said it’s possible Bennu can help answer the crucial question of what was the “step between the most complex organic molecule and the first living cell.” The new OSIRIS-APEX mission will study the asteroid Apophis when it flies by Earth in 2029. This encounter will be close enough that we can see the asteroid from Earth without the help of a telescope.
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