Asteroid Bennu Came From an Unexpected Corner of the Solar System
Six years after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached out and snagged a sample from the asteroid Bennu, scientists may finally have an answer to a fundamental question: Where did this ancient space rock come from? A new study traces Bennu’s history to a region near the boundary between the inner and outer solar system—a finding that offers a rare glimpse into the chaotic environment where the planets were taking shape billions of years ago. By reconstructing Bennu’s journey through the early solar system, researchers can begin to piece together how material from different regions mixed and moved as planets like Earth formed.
- ▪Six years after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached out and snagged a sample from the asteroid Bennu, scientists may finally have an answer to a fundamental question: Where did this ancient space rock come from?
- ▪A new study traces Bennu’s history to a region near the boundary between the inner and outer solar system—a finding that offers a rare glimpse into the chaotic environment where the planets were taking shape billions of years ago.
- ▪By reconstructing Bennu’s journey through the early solar system, researchers can begin to piece together how material from different regions mixed and moved as planets like Earth formed.
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Six years after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached out and snagged a sample from the asteroid Bennu, scientists may finally have an answer to a fundamental question: Where did this ancient space rock come from? A new study traces Bennu’s history to a region near the boundary between the inner and outer solar system—a finding that offers a rare glimpse into the chaotic environment where the planets were taking shape billions of years ago. By reconstructing Bennu’s journey through the early solar system, researchers can begin to piece together how material from different regions mixed and moved as planets like Earth formed.
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