NASA says rocky asteroid Bennu is home to chunks of another asteroid – SlashGear

NASA has released the latest update on its OSIRI-REx mission, which involves a spacecraft that is closely orbiting a very rocky, somewhat angular asteroid called Bennu. The space agency explains that Bennu is an asteroid made of rubble from other space rocks; it is the result of some massive collision in the past. Studying the rubble has revealed the presence of meteorites that originated from another — and much larger — asteroid nearby.
NASA notes in a new animated educational video that a han…

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