NASA for the first time published the results of the first study of the examples of the asteroid Benn, whose age is 4.5 billion years. This follows from the data on the website of the space agency.
A high content of carbon and water was found in the collected soil.
as noted, this indicates that building blocks of life on Earth can be found in the breed.
“OSIRIS -REX sample is the largest carbon -rich example of an asteroid ever delivered to the Earth,” the media cite the words of the head of the NASA Bill Nelson.
According to Nelson, he will help scientists to explore the origin of life on Earth for future generations.