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Bookmark or Share- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples Now Available to ... - NASA BlogsOSIRIS-REx delivered 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu; the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space and over twice the mission’s mass requirement. Some samples have already been distributed to members of the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team, who have found evidence of organic molecules and minerals bearing ...
- Bennu asteroid: Unprecedented sample contains ‘crucial elements,’ NASA ...CNN — A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of...
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Unlocks More Secrets from Asteroid BennuThis paper’s findings are a major milestone in an ongoing debate in the planetary science community – how primitive asteroids like Bennu change spectrally as they are exposed to “space weathering” processes, such as bombardment by cosmic rays and solar wind.
- NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, WaterInitial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of high-carbon content and water, which together could indicate the building blocks of life on Earth may be found in the rock.
- Ten Things to Know About Bennu - NASA1. IT’S VERY, VERY DARK… Bennu is classified as a B-type asteroid, which means it contains a lot of carbon in and along with its various minerals. Bennu’s carbon content creates a surface on the asteroid that reflects about four percent of the light that hits it — and that’s not a lot.
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