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NASA think that OSIRIS-REx spacecraft might find evidence of water on asteroid Bennu – Firstpost

NASA researchers believe Bennu’s parent body had an ancient river that flowed through cracks and has now left behind carbonate.

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FP TrendingOct 13, 2020 17:11:56 IST
NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set to perform its first attempt to touch-and-go (TAG) sample collection on the near-earth asteroid Bennu. However, ahead of the operation on 20 October, scientists have detailed upon the material that can be found from the surface of the asteroid in a series of papers.
Researchers are claiming that Bennus samples might present us with never seen before materials. In one of the papers, led by Amy Simon from NASAs Goddard S…

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