A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Molecules can form in mirror images. Just like your ... in a statement sent to IFLScience. Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid, the most common type in the Solar System. It formed from the pieces ...

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The findings from returned samples of asteroid Bennu may provide researchers insight into what happens on distant icy bodies in our solar system ... We are currently researching the timing ...

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

Scientists have long wondered how prevalent these precursors were at the birth of our solar system. A sample of dust and rocks from an asteroid ... samples from Bennu contain an almost equal amount of ...

(Courtesy: Rob Wardell, Tim Gooding and Tim McCoy, Smithsonian) The liquid water would have been present on Bennu’s parent during the dawn of the Solar System ... Near-Earth asteroid A mosaic image of ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, launched in 2016, arrived at Bennu in late 2018 and started orbiting the asteroid, which was thought to be a remnant of the solar system’s formation. OSIRIS-REx found ...

NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS ...

A layer of ice saved them from the depths and allowed scientists a peek into the birth of the solar system ... from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained ...