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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has delivered an asteroid sample on Earth. What next?

Scientists will analyse the asteroid sample to investigate the origins of life on Earth.

Al Jazeera

Building in zero gravity: the race to create factories in space

Tech companies see big benefits in making drugs, harvesting stem cells and growing crystals in ‘off-Earth’ conditions

The Guardian - US

Morning Mail: Wallabies mauled in Rugby World Cup, youth crime abuse link revealed, asteroid sample returns

Australia has suffered a heavy defeat to Wales to end its Rugby World Cup campaign in the first round

The Guardian - AU

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We need urban trees more than ever – here's how to save them from extreme heat

Australians are bracing for a hot spring and summer. The Bureau of Meteorology has finally declared El Niño is underway, making warmer and drier conditions more likely for large parts of the country. And we’ve just watched the Northern Hemisphere swelter through their summer, making July 2023 Earth’s hottest month…

The Conversation

‘Like a dream’: successful return of Nasa capsule with asteroid sample hailed

Return of the largest asteroid sample ever to be recovered marks the culmination of a seven-year journey

The Guardian - US

Sir Brian May praises Osiris-Rex team as asteroid samples land on Earth

Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Sir Brian aided the mission by helping to identify where Osiris-Rex could grab a sample from the asteroid.

The Independent UK

The Webb Telescope Can't Find Alien Life Until Researchers Agree On This Fundamental Component

Astronomers have long debated what kind of chemistry might serve as a bona fide alien biosignature. With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, those ideas may be put to the test.

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Nasa’s largest asteroid samples land on Earth as UK helps with research

A Nasa capsule carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid has returned to Earth.

Evening Standard

Watch live: Nasa spacecraft returns to Earth with largest asteroid sample in history

Watch live as a Nasa spacecraft returns to Earth with the largest asteroid sample in history on Sunday 24 September.

The Independent UK

NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission to collect asteroid samples from Bennu culminates September 24 with a soft landing in Utah. The samples will provide insight into the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. The capsule will be airlifted to a clean room and the sample sent to mission…

The Hindu

‘A treasure for scientific analysis’: Nasa holds Bennu asteroid sample press conference – as it happened

The blog is now closed, but you can read the full story about the successful Osiris-Rex sample touchdown here

The Guardian - US

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter

NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.

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Science This Week | NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to bring back asteroid fragments, no signals from Vikram and Pragyan and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

The Hindu

Chandrayaan-3 analyzes sulfur on Moon

Sulfur in soils near the Moon’s poles might help astronauts live off the land one day

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NASA's first asteroid samples streaking toward Earth after release from spacecraft

A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples is streaking toward a touchdown in the Utah desert

Evening Standard

Nasa to return largest asteroid sample ever as UK helps with research

A capsule of material collected from asteroid Bennu is expected to land at 3.55pm BST on Sunday.

Al Jazeera

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to bring samples of asteroid Bennu to Earth: What to know

NASA’s first US mission to collect an asteroid sample is returning with a sample from asteroid Bennu.

The Independent UK

What is Nasa’s Osiris Rex space mission?

The US space agency will bring home the largest asteroid sample ever returned to Earth on Sunday.

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NASA's first asteroid samples land in Utah desert

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.

The Hindu

Genomic clues suggest humans’ ancestors nearly went extinct 9L years ago

Genome sequencing has enabled researchers to uncover population bottlenecks, founder events, and the age of genetic diseases in the history of human evolution and migration. Ancient DNA recently revealed a super-bottleneck in human evolution 900,000 years ago, which could have shaped humanity in ways we don't yet know. Genomic analysis…

The Canberra Times

How can we find life on other planets?

It's possible we may find planets where life is only just getting started.

Salon

Bennu asteroid may strike Earth in 2182

The most likely date for Bennu to hit Earth is Sept. 24, 2182 — exactly 159 years after the mission returns

Salon

Think this summer was bad? Just wait

The calamitous summer of 2023 was an oasis of tranquility, compared to what's coming

The Independent UK

As the world's diplomacy roils a few feet away, a little UN oasis offers a riverside pocket of peace

Inside, those who administer the world look for peace

The Independent UK

What is Autumn Equinox and why does it happen?

The Autumn Equinox means summer is now officially over

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