[ad_1]
"The recently badyzed information from the OSIRIS-REx mission revealed the presence of water in the clay that constitutes its scientific purpose, the asteroid Bennu," said NASA in a statement.
"Since Bennu is too small to have water, this discovery indicates that at one point the liquid was present in a parallel body, surely an asteroid."
On December 3, NASA announced OSIRIS-Rex had completed the first phase of its mission, which was to reach the orbit of the asteroid and, henceforth, will accompany Bennu as a satellite.
"When samples of this mission arrive on Earth in 2023, scientists will have a hidden treasure of new information on the history and evolution of our solar system," said A
This is NASA's first mission to study and collect an asteroid sample, in this case one of the closest to the Earth and the smallest celestial body of all time. orbited so closely by a probe
Discovered in 1999, Bennu is known to be rich in carbon, a basic compound of life as it is called.
For a year, OSIRIS-REX will study the rocky body. , without landing, to select a safe and scientifically interesting place to collect in 2020, with the help of a robotic arm, a fragment of rock that will be sent for badysis on Earth, where the spacecraft will return in 2023. [19659009] Always be the first to know.
Follow the website elected for the second year in a row, Consumer Choice. Download
