Image courtesy of NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebers,
Space is full of
wonders, Bennu is an exceptional asteroid. A sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back
to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx mission, contains hints that it was once part of a
planetesimal. It may have once been part of a small, ocean-covered world with
conditions favourable for life to emerge.
That’s according
to the team behind NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which brought back a sample
of the asteroid Bennu in September 2023.
Source:
Joshua Howgego 2024 Bennu: Asteroid sampled by
OSIRIS-REx may once have been part of an ocean world | New Scientist 6
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