The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought

 

Image courtesy of NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

Joel Kontinen

“The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic properties.

Scientists have been analysing clumps of rock from Bennu since NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned samples from the asteroid to Earth in 2023. They quickly found these contained a plethora of chemical building blocks for life.”

Space is big and we do not know all that is hiddenthere. “

Source:

 Alex Wilkins 2025 The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought | New Scientist 11 March