321Science! | What Does Organic Mean?

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OSIRIS-REx presents a new 321Science video about what scientists mean when they use the term "organic." We use the term organic in our daily lives all the time, but scientists have a very specific definition they use when they look for "organics" on asteroids.

And for more information about why organics, water and carbonaceous asteroids such as Bennu are important to us on Earth, check out Minute Earth's Where did water come from?

OSIRIS-REx is on the web at
AsteroidMission.org
Twitter: @OSIRISREx

Music: Feeling Positive by Matthias Harris

Thanks to the 321Science team: Anna Spitz, Symeon Platts, Melissa Dykhuis, James Keane, Heather Roper, Zoe Bentley, Rose Patchell, Sarah Spitz, Ross Dubois, and OSIRIS-REx Scientists and Educators. 

OSIRIS-REx Presents 321Science posts entertaining videos about asteroid science and mission information. OSIRIS-REx is a NASA New Frontiers mission which will launch to asteroid Bennu in 2016 and return a sample of the asteroid to Earth in 2023.

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