A few months ago, the OSIRIS-REx space mission brought samples of the asteroid Bennu back to Earth. The first studies have just been published in Nature and Nature Astronomy. They show that this primitive body, dating from the earliest days of our solar system, possesses a complex chemistry with molecules that are later found in the living world.

Pierre-Marie Zanetta, now post-doc at the LGL-TPE in Saint-Etienne, studied these samples using electron microscopy. He is co-author of one of these published papers. Well done to him!

“Sillages” is an Arts & Sciences research project led by mineralogy researcher Anne-Magali Seydoux-Guillaume (LGL-TPE / CNRS / UJM) and visual artist Étienne Pageault.

CLYM fees are changing: session costs applicable from January 1, 2025 are available in “Practical Aspects / User fees” .

CLYM wishes you all the best for 2025!

We hope you will be able to get some great scientific results thanks to our microscopes.