The panel of experts took questions from members of the media as well as students from Houston ISD and San Antonio ISD.
1:47 PM EDT October 11, 2023delivered last month by a spacecraft — the most ever returned to Earth.The ancient black dust and chunks are from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu, almost 60 million miles away. NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft Scientists anticipated at least a cupful of rocks, far more than what . They’re still not sure about the exact quantity. That’s because the main sample chamber has yet to be opened, officials said.
“It’s been going slow and meticulous,” said the mission’s lead scientist, Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona. Black dust and particles were scattered around the outside edge of the chamber, according to Lauretta.Besides carbon, the asteroid rubble holds water in the form of water-bearing clay minerals, said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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