‘TOUCHDOWN’: NASA’S ASTEROID SAMPLE COMES BLASTING DOWN TO EARTH, LANDING IN UTAH ... the research team said they found evidence that Bennu was rich in salts and other minerals.

Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...

leaving the evaporite minerals we found in the sample. That same evaporation process also formed the ancient lake beds we’ve seen these minerals in on Earth. Bennu’s parent asteroid likely ...

was found — the first time the mineral was found within a non-Earth surface sample. The samples from Bennu also seem to be richer in volatiles than samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu by the ...

A sample of dust and rocks from an asteroid just took us ... These right-handed amino acids aren’t naturally found on Earth. Bennu also harbored telltale signs of saltwater, which could have been the ...

In October 2023, the sample was brought to Earth aboard OSIRIS-REx's capsule ... The researchers think brine similar to that found on Bennu could also exist on other bodies in the solar system ...