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The 2023 SpaceNews Icon Awards: Winners

Dec. 5, 2023

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In this microscope image of a Bennu sample, needles of hydrated sodium carbonate — one of the salts left behind by evaporating brine — are highlighted in purple false color

Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life

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A man wearing sunglasses and a navy blue polo shirtkneels next to a medium-sized yellow dog wearing a "Service Dog" vest.

New leadership, interstellar discoveries, dogs to the rescue: Top 10 U of A stories of 2024

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Sample return

OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about early solar system and origins of life on Earth

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