{"id":2065446,"date":"2023-10-12T19:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-presents-asteroid-samples-that-show-evidence-of-carbon-and-water\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:41:10","slug":"nasa-presents-asteroid-samples-that-show-evidence-of-carbon-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-presents-asteroid-samples-that-show-evidence-of-carbon-and-water\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA reveals asteroid samples with carbon and water evidence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnasa-presents-asteroid-samples-that-show-evidence-of-carbon-and-water%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2065446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  A \u2063picture of some of the sample matter collected from the asteroid is displayed during a press conference for the OSIRIS-REx sample unveiling at the Johnson Space \u200bCenter in Houston, Texas on October 11, 2023. \u2064 (Photo by MARK FELIX\/AFP \/AFP via Getty \u2064Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a> <br \/>4:25 PM \u2013 \u200dThursday, October\u2062 12, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>NASA\u200c shared glimpses of the rocks and\u2064 dust brought back from an\u200c asteroid, \u200bshowing \u2062evidence of carbon and water.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>NASA administrator Bill Nelson \u2062said the samples brought \u200bback \u2062a large \u200bamount of carbon. Dr. Jason\u2063 Dworkin, OSIRIS-REx project scientist \u200cat NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland said that the\u2064 sample was roughly 5% \u2064carbon by\u200b weight which reportedly makes it one \u2064of the highest concentrations of carbon to be studied in an asteroid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFar\u2064 exceeding our goal of\u200d 60\u200d grams,\u200c this is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid\u200c sample ever returned to Earth,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cThe carbon and water molecules are exactly the kinds of\u200b material that we wanted to find. They\u2019re \u200dcrucial elements in the formation \u200bof our own planet. And they\u2019re \u2062going \u200dto \u2063help us determine the origin \u2063of elements that could have led\u2062 to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NASA&#8217;s OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned a sample from the \u200basteroid Bennu after a seven-year journey. What \u2063the probe had\u2062 in stored surprised the scientists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3U9dmDcE6D\">pic.twitter.com\/3U9dmDcE6D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Interesting Engineering (@IntEngineering) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IntEngineering\/status\/1710686427179077896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The sample, recovered by NASA\u2019s \u200dOSIRIS-REx mission from the 4.5 billion-year-old \u2064near-Earth asteroid, Bennu, in \u2062October 2020, landed on Earth in a capsule on September 24<sup>th<\/sup> in the\u200c Utah \u2063desert.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists \u200dhave been hard at work since then, investigating \u2062the quantity \u2062of material, more than they expected, \u2062just within the\u200d canister\u2019s lid \u2064to conduct \u2062an early examination.\u2064 The results \u2062of that research, as well as the first glimpse at the sample, were revealed on Wednesday during a live NASA broadcast from the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston \u2062and it was reported to \u200bbe the most\u2063 significant asteroid sample ever returned \u200bto Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the samples brought back from Bennu have not been publicly released because they\u2019re locked\u200b inside the TAGSAM device, which researchers have to take apart methodically. <\/p>\n<p>Dante Lauretta, the principal investigator for NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx mission, said that\u2063 they are optimistic \u2064about having a pretty good estimate of the \u2062entire mass of the sample within two weeks or so.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news \u200cblasts directly to \u2064your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Some BLM chapters across the nation have come out in support with Hamas terrorists.\u200c <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As Israel remains under attack, we have seen many pro-Palestinian protests\u2063 including one taking place in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Experts now\u200c indicate the war in Israel will cause a spike \u2064in\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-prices-react-to-the-war-in-israel\/\" title=\"Oil prices respond to conflict in Israel.\">oil prices posing potential risks<\/a> for consumers. \u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Representative Nicole Malliotakis weighs in on Steve Scalise\u2019s speakership\u200b bid.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google\u2062 said on Thursday that it will \u200ddefend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China has published\u200d proposed security\u2062 requirements for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerball-player-wins-lotterys-1-76b-jackpot-winning-ticket-sold-in-california\/\" title=\"California sells winning ticket for .76B Powerball jackpot.\">firms offering services powered<\/a> by generative artificial\u200c intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Internet companies \u200dGoogle, Amazon and Cloudflare say they have weathered the \u200cinternet\u2019s largest-known denial of service attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Samsung\u200b said its preliminary \u2064third-quarter profit dropped by a smaller-than-expected 78%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What is the significance of finding carbon and water molecules in the asteroid sample collected by the OSIRIS-REx\u2063 mission, and how could it contribute to our understanding of the origin of life?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Successfully collected a substantial amount of carbon-rich material. This is a major achievement for \u200cthe OSIRIS-REx mission and\u2062 provides\u2063 invaluable \u2064insights into the composition and formation of our planet.<\/p>\n<p>NASA administrator Bill Nelson\u2062 emphasized the significance of the carbon\u200d and\u200d water molecules found in\u2062 the asteroid sample. These elements play a crucial role \u2063in the\u2062 formation of Earth and could potentially shed light on the origin of life. The high concentration of \u200bcarbon in the sample, approximately 5%\u2062 by weight, makes it \u2062one of the largest \u2064carbon-rich \u200casteroid samples ever studied.<\/p>\n<p>The successful return of the\u2062 sample from\u200b the near-Earth asteroid Bennu is a culmination\u2064 of\u200c the\u200d OSIRIS-REx mission&#8217;s seven-year journey. After its recovery in \u2062October 2020, the sample \u2062landed\u200b on Earth in a capsule on September 24th, making its way to the\u200b Utah\u200b desert.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, scientists \u200chave been diligently working to analyze the sample \u2064and make groundbreaking \u200cdiscoveries. The \u2062early examination of the canister&#8217;s lid\u200d has revealed more material than anticipated, fueling excitement and anticipation for\u2062 further research. The results of\u200d this\u2064 initial investigation were shared during a live NASA broadcast from the Johnson Space Center in \u2062Houston, further highlighting the significance of this \u200bachievement.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062is important to \u2062note that most of the samples retrieved from \u2062Bennu have not been publicly released. These samples are securely locked\u200d inside the TAGSAM \u200cdevice and require meticulous disassembly by researchers. This process ensures that \u2064the \u2064samples are handled with precision \u2062and care to preserve their integrity for future scientific study.<\/p>\n<p>Dante Lauretta, the \u200dprincipal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx\u200d mission, expressed optimism about the \u2063ongoing research and the potential\u200d discoveries that lie ahead. This sample represents a treasure\u200c trove of information that can provide valuable insights into the composition,\u200b evolution, and history of our solar system.<\/p>\n<p>The successful collection of a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-presents-asteroid-samples-that-show-evidence-of-carbon-and-water\/\" title=\"NASA reveals asteroid samples with carbon and water evidence.\">substantial\u200d carbon-rich \u2064asteroid sample marks<\/a> a \u2064major \u2062milestone in space exploration. This achievement opens up new avenues for\u200b scientific research \u2064and deepens our understanding of the cosmos.\u2064 The knowledge gained from these samples will pave \u200cthe\u200d way\u200c for future missions and contribute to our \u200doverall understanding of our place in the universe.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 conclusion,\u200c NASA&#8217;s OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully collected\u2064 and returned a\u200d significant carbon-rich asteroid sample. The \u200cfindings from this sample hold immense\u2062 value \u2064in unraveling the mysteries of\u200b our solar system and the origins of life on Earth. This achievement showcases\u2062 the\u2064 exceptional capabilities of human space exploration\u200d and underlines\u2064 the importance \u2063of continuous scientific\u200b endeavors in expanding our knowledge of the universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the asteroid sample at a press conference in Houston. The photo shows a collection of sample matter from the asteroid, unveiled during the event at the Johnson Space Center. NASA provided these glimpses on October 11, 2023. 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