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Bennu

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Bennu Samples Reveal Mixed Origins, Water-Altered Minerals and Rapid Space Weathering

New peer-reviewed analyses trace a distant parent body, with Ryugu comparisons suggesting a less well-mixed early solar nursery.

Study Simulates Global Impact of Potential Asteroid Bennu Collision in 2182

Asteroid Bennu Samples Reveal Key Ingredients for Life

NASA's Bennu Sample Reveals Key Ingredients for Life Beyond Earth

Asteroid Bennu Probes Reveal Key Ingredients for Life

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Reveals Bennu's Watery Origins

NASA Successfully Opens Asteroid Sample Capsule from OSIRIS-REx Mission

NASA Successfully Opens Container of Asteroid Sample from Bennu

Bennu Asteroid Samples Puzzle Scientists with Unusual Composition

NASA Displays Sample from Asteroid Bennu at Smithsonian; Offers Insight on Origins of Universe