Why did life happen on Earth? And how did it begin? Even the world’s most advanced space scientists still don’t fully understand these questions, but a mission by NASA called OSIRIS-REx hopes to fill in the missing chapters from Earth’s origin story. The spacecraft traveled billions of kilometers to the asteroid Bennu, which researchers describe as a time capsule from the earliest days of the solar system. 

In this episode: 
Colin Baker (@airlockben), Al Jazeera News Editor 
Zack Gainsforth (@zgainsforth), Space Scientist, UC Berkeley
Pierre Haenecour (@stardustpierre), Cosmochemist, University of Arizona
Ashley King (@ashleyjking85), Planetary Scientist, Natural History Museum

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Miranda Lin and our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Shrijan Pandey, Zaina Badr and Kara Dauletkanova fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Why did life happen on Earth? And how did it begin? Even the world’s most advanced space scientists still don’t fully understand these questions, but a mission by NASA called OSIRIS-REx hopes to fill in the missing chapters from Earth’s origin story. The spacecraft traveled billions of kilometers to the asteroid Bennu, which researchers describe as a time capsule from the earliest days of the solar system. 
In this episode: 
<ul>
<li>Colin Baker (<a href="https://twitter.com/airlockben">@airlockben</a>), Al Jazeera News Editor </li>
<li aria-level="2">Zack Gainsforth (<a href="https://twitter.com/zgainsforth">@zgainsforth</a>), Space Scientist, UC Berkeley</li>
<li aria-level="2">Pierre Haenecour (<a href="https://twitter.com/stardustpierre">@stardustpierre</a>), Cosmochemist, University of Arizona</li>
<li>Ashley King (<a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyJKing85">@ashleyjking85</a>), Planetary Scientist, Natural History Museum</li>
</ul>
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Miranda Lin and our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Shrijan Pandey, Zaina Badr and Kara Dauletkanova fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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