The NASA aircraft began looking for a living source on the oldest asteroid in the solar system

Apparatus NASA started looking for a molecule from which anything living on Earth could be recovered. / NASA.gov

NASA's space probes flew to the asteroid, where scientists expect to find answers to their problems.

A device called Osiris-Rex flew to Bennu for more than two years, after crossing 80 million miles at the time, writes The Independent. Today, the probe has indicated that it has arrived at its destination.

Bennu – an ancient asteroid, who formed in the early days of our solar system, as one such space rock flew around the Sun for more than 4.5 billion years. ; years. But its composition was determined during the first 10 million years of system training. This means that it can play the role of a kind of time capsule, allowing us to look at the distant past of our planet.

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The asteroid Bennus is so old that it presumably contains old organic molecules that could give an impetus to the development of all living things on Earth.