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Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
In 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission reached asteroid 101955 Bennu. Two years later, the spacecraft snagged a sample of its surface, which has since been returned to Earth. Now, astronomers are ...
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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from ... [+] a range of 15 miles. As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a ...
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Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients
A team of researchers reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of organic molecules, including many crucial building blocks of life.
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And now something fun for a change: Building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid samples
Scientists analyzing samples from asteroid Bennu have found something remarkable: Despite being a cold, lifeless rubble pile that formed around 65 million years ago, it holds a rich inventory of ...
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NASA's Bennu samples contain life's building blocks, including amino acids and DNA/RNA nucleobases
NASA 's OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing the presence of organic compounds essential for life. After the Bennu samples arrived, researchers began studying them ...