A capsule of rubble from the construction of the solar system is now in the eager arms of scientists. It could offer clues about the origins of the solar system
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The finding of minute salt particles in an asteroid sample retrieved by the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft suggests that the presence of liquid water might be more prevalent among the solar system's largest asteroid population than previously thought. Sodium chloride, better known as table salt, is
When OSIRIS-REx returns its asteroid samples to Earth Sept. 24, two University of Arizona researchers will be among the first to examine the precious material.