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Samples from Bennu, the asteroid that could collide with our planet, are already on Earth

By forumcilacPortal

Successful return of samples rescued by NASA's Osiris-Rex mission, the first of the American space agency to collect remains from an asteroid. The maneuvers began as planned: around 1 in the afternoon (time is…

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24/09/2023
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The capsule with samples from the asteroid Bennu successfully lands in the Utah desert

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With the 250 grams of regolith taken from that 500-meter space rock, there are now six samples from extraterrestrial worlds brought back to Earth.

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24/09/2023
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The return of the ibis: these biologists are teaching a flock to migrate towards Cádiz

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El equipo de Johannes Fritz lleva 20 años liderando migraciones de ibis eremitas, una especie que llegó a extinguirse en Europa. Ahora, el cambio climático les ha obligado a buscar nuevas rutas en España

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24/09/2023
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Why does coffee keep us awake?

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As the day goes by we spend energy and ATP – the energy currency of living beings – breaks down, releasing adenosine as a byproduct, a neurotransmitter that transmits information between cells. The longer we have been...

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24/09/2023
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The Osiris-Rex ship returns to Earth this Sunday with an important gift: extraterrestrial material

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Seven years have passed since the Osiris-Rex spacecraft took flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida (USA). NASA's goal was to collect samples from Bennu, a rare primitive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building in New York, so…

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23/09/2023
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Yasmina Martos, NASA scientist: "The samples from the asteroid Bennu will help us clarify if life came from space"

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NASA's Osiris-Rex mission will approach Earth this Sunday to deliver a cargo of incalculable scientific value. They are samples of Bennu, a primitive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building located about 300 million kilometers…

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23/09/2023
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They find a strange creature hidden in Antarctica: it has 20 'arms', and an alien appearance similar to a strawberry

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In the icy waters of the Southern Ocean, a creature that surprises the scientific community has lived hidden, the 'Promachocrinus fragarius', a species of sea feather star of which there was no record, whose discovery reconfirms that the origin…

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23/09/2023
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