This mission really *rocks* On this day two years ago, NASA’s #OSIRISREx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth in the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid.

#AskAstrobio welcomes Dr. Sara Russell, a cosmic mineralogist & meteorite hunter who contributed to #OSIRISREx sample return discoveries! Sara studies the origin of water in the Solar System & geological processes of asteroids. Ask questions on March 27 at 1pm ET here:

⭕️یافته هایی جذاب و بی نظیر از شیمی سیارک بنو و نمونه های جمع آوری شده از اون توسط OsirisRex . یک رشته توییت بلند: قبل از هر چیز بد نیست بدانیم که سیارک بنو از نوع سیارک های کربنی-کندریتی است. این سیارک در کمربند سیارک ها بقایایی از یک سیارک قدیمی تره 👇🏻

📰It's breaking news from #OSIRISREx. Scientists found molecules key to life as we know it & the history of a saltwater environment in a new analysis of asteroid Bennu samples. Findings don't show evidence for life but suggest conditions for its emergence were widespread.

Asteroid Bennu is a cosmic time capsule. 🌌 Stardust older than the Sun Organics from interstellar space 80% water-rich minerals NASA’s #OSIRISREx samples are rewriting what we know about the early solar system. 🚀 👉 https://t.co/FFCUAoHeLe #AsteroidBennu #SpaceExploration

This is what an asteroid looks like up close. Really close. Through an electron microscope! First studies of the pieces of asteroid Bennu brought back by @OSIRISREx are out now: https://t.co/AJjhscEssI

Time to flip your calendar! 📅 Fresh off #OSIRISREx’s historic discoveries, let’s talk about another mission on its journey. February’s #NASAScience calendar features a detailed close-up of #LucyMission’s first asteroid encounter: Dinkinesh and its unexpected companion—a contact

Scientists have discovered that asteroid Bennu came from a world that had both the conditions and building blocks of life. 🌟 Samples of the asteroid collected by the #OSIRISREx spacecraft in 2020 had brines and carbon-based molecules! More: https://t.co/thlSt2fFTe

Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of our solar system. New #OSIRISREx results show its samples contain stardust older than the Sun, interstellar organics & high-temp minerals, later reshaped by water and space over time: https://t.co/24fRv7zmOO

In the market for asteroid Bennu samples? You can now request a piece of the 4.5 billion-year-old material for scientific research and/or public display. Browse the #OSIRISREx Sample Catalog and apply by June 25: https://t.co/LWMcfD7Xjv

🌌 ¡Atención, amantes del cosmos! Nuevos estudios revelan que las muestras del asteroide Bennu — traídas a la Tierra por la misión OSIRIS-REx — nos ofrecen una ventana única al nacimiento y evolución de nuestro sistema solar. #Bennu #OSIRISREx

Les 1ères analyses de l'astéroïde #Bennu par @OSIRISREx sont sorties. #Bennu contient des minéraux similaires à ceux trouvés sur la dorsale médio-atlantique sur Terre, ce qui indique que ce petit astéroïde aurait autrefois fait partie d'un monde plus vaste RICHE EN EAU ! 1/2

1/17 ‼️Atención! ‼️La misión #OSIRISREx ha traído a la Tierra muestras del asteroide Bennu y los primeros análisis revelan que contienen moléculas esenciales para la vida, como aminoácidos y nucleobases. Hilo 🧵👇

The countdown is on to vote for your favorite internet moment – and #OSIRISREx & @EuropaClipper are up for awards! Help these teams secure #Webbys before time runs out on April 18 by voting below. #ToBennuAndBack: https://t.co/2CYL2RFIeT #GoEuropaClipper: https://t.co/iuJZaZiGIm

One year ago today, a capsule from #OSIRISREx landed on Earth after a 7-year mission with a sample from asteroid Bennu. The rocks and dust collected from Bennu provide scientists with insights on the formation of our solar system around 4.5 billion years ago.

NASA’s OSIRISREx mission has revealed that asteroid Bennu harbors exotic organics — from stardust older than our solar system to materials formed near the Sun. A cosmic time capsule bridging interstellar space & early solar system history. Full read here: https://t.co/3F1G5FLX7b

Join NASA Science Live today, Jan. 30, for a live Q&A with experts involved in recent #OSIRISREx sample return discoveries: https://t.co/GVWyJjA7ys Sample analysis points to the ingredients for life's emergence being widespread throughout the early solar system:

On Wed., Jan 29th at 11am ET, mission experts and I will share an update on science results from the #OSIRISREx mission, which delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023. More details: https://t.co/FpEhxAA8U9

Asteroid Bennu’s parent body was likely a salty, wet environment – one surprisingly like a lakebed on Earth. @NASA scientists drew similarities between a sample collected from Bennu by the #OSIRISREx mission & minerals from Searles Lake, a dry lake in California’s Mojave Desert.