Rebecca Murrell

They want to get astronauts there by 2030.

So it will be really interesting to see how the two continue and who gets there first, really.

I was stunned, actually.

You know, when these athletes, these sportsmen are wearing the kilt, it is so beautiful to look at and it is so powerful, the kilt is.

When you think of how it was received in the wars, when it was the active uniform of the Highland Regiments...

When I heard this news, I felt, gosh, going over to the USA, where there is a huge diaspora of Scots out there, and they are hugely passionate about the kilt and their heritage.

So to be stripping the team of that cultural representation of their homeland and the country they are representing, I don't think that's modernisation.

But it was in the 1970s that it really took off being driven by the rental market.

And so although it was still coming in for weddings, it has become hugely popular to be wearing the kilt and the tartan at the rugby games, at going up hills, becoming a practical, a very practical garment in which it has always been.

This was one of what I think is NASA's most audacious missions, where it flew a spacecraft to an asteroid called Bennu, this 500 metre sort of pile of rocks and rubble. And this spacecraft basically unfurled a robotic arm, grabbed a bit of asteroid, packed it into a capsule and sent it back to Earth. And it landed in the Utah desert in 2023.

This was one of what I think is NASA's most audacious missions, where it flew a spacecraft to an asteroid called Bennu, this 500 metre sort of pile of rocks and rubble. And this spacecraft basically unfurled a robotic arm, grabbed a bit of asteroid, packed it into a capsule and sent it back to Earth. And it landed in the Utah desert in 2023.

So about 100 grams was collected, which doesn't sound like very much at all. But every grain is a treasure trove. And it's been shared out with scientists around the world who've been studying it very intensely. And they've now completed their first analysis of it.

So about 100 grams was collected, which doesn't sound like very much at all. But every grain is a treasure trove. And it's been shared out with scientists around the world who've been studying it very intensely. And they've now completed their first analysis of it.

Yeah, I mean, when you look at the asteroid, it kind of looks dark and barren with not much going on. But actually, when you start looking closely, it contains so much. So they found thousands of organic molecules. And these include some really important ones like amino acids, which are the molecules that make proteins.

Yeah, I mean, when you look at the asteroid, it kind of looks dark and barren with not much going on. But actually, when you start looking closely, it contains so much. So they found thousands of organic molecules. And these include some really important ones like amino acids, which are the molecules that make proteins.

It's found nucleobases, which are ring-shaped molecules, the fundamental components of DNA. They've also found minerals, suggesting that the asteroid had water on it. And they found ammonia too, which is really important for biochemical reactions. So you start thinking, DNA, amino acids, does this mean Bennu had life on it? And the answer is no. I mean, that would be an amazing find.

It's found nucleobases, which are ring-shaped molecules, the fundamental components of DNA. They've also found minerals, suggesting that the asteroid had water on it. And they found ammonia too, which is really important for biochemical reactions. So you start thinking, DNA, amino acids, does this mean Bennu had life on it? And the answer is no. I mean, that would be an amazing find.

But scientists do think that asteroids like Bennu, that contain this rich array of minerals and organic molecules, they think asteroids were really important for delivering these sort of ingredients to Earth. And that would have been through asteroid impacts really early on. Like the one that killed the dinosaurs? Exactly. But way before that.

But scientists do think that asteroids like Bennu, that contain this rich array of minerals and organic molecules, they think asteroids were really important for delivering these sort of ingredients to Earth. And that would have been through asteroid impacts really early on. Like the one that killed the dinosaurs? Exactly. But way before that.

So the solar system was formed about four and a half billion years ago. It's this great big swirling cloud of gas and dust. And around this time after the planets were formed, there were loads of these asteroids basically whizzing about all over the place. And lots of them were bombarding the Earth. So there was ample opportunity for these ingredients to be carried to us.