samples

China’s Chang’e-5 moon samples contain ‘perplexing combination’ of minerals

Old and new minerals found in lunar samples brought home by China's Chang'e-5 mission are helping scientists better understand the…

5 months ago

1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be ‘a fragment of an ancient ocean world’

Scientists are now inspecting snagged, bagged and tagged bits and pieces from asteroid Bennu, the cosmic mother lode delivered by…

5 months ago

Seeds of Life? Samples Taken From Asteroid Ryugu Contain Traces of Comet Particles : ScienceAlert

On December 5th, 2020, Japan's Hayabusa2 mission successfully returned samples it had collected from the Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 162173 Ryugu…

5 months ago

Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars builds excitement for Perseverance rover’s samples

If life ever existed on Mars, the Perseverance rover's verification of lake sediments at the base of the Jezero crater…

5 months ago

Life beyond Earth may form in the coldest depths of space, Ryugu asteroid samples reveal

In 2020, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 visited the asteroid Ryugu and managed to bring precious samples of the space rock…

7 months ago

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