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A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of images collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
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.
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Why the big bang may not have been the beginning of the universe
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 the chemical building blocks for life, including particles…
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