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NASA gets ready to land on asteroid Bennu as new studies confirm it is a rich source of carbon – ABC News
When NASA lands on this lumpy rock later this month it’s set to land in a perfect place to find the building blocks of the solar system, say researchers.
It may look like a grey space rock, but the asteroid known as Bennu is turning out to be far from boring.
Key points:
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been studying a near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu since 2018
- Six new papers confirm the space rock is covered with carbon, but there are many other unexpected results
- While it’s thrown up some curveballs, mission leaders say the asteroid has proved to be the perfect place to grab a sample of pristine space dust from the so…
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