Asteroid Bennu’s Minerals and Organic Matter Occur in Distinct Chemical Domains: Study
A new nanoscale analysis of the Bennu sample OREX-800066-3 returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shows that organic compounds…
Scientists Find Presolar Stardust in Samples from Asteroid Bennu
Researchers have detected an unexpectedly high abundance of presolar grains — dust from stellar explosions predating our Solar…
What did NASA find on Bennu? ‘Space gum,’ sugars needed for life
Samples from the asteroid Bennu are providing scientists with clues about how life may have started in our…
In 4 years, 2 billion people will be able to witness a unique phenomenon in the sky
Space is both an exciting and mysterious place, and it is important to know that many celestial objects…