Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
Jun 26, 2024 · Scientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral …
First in-depth analysis of NASA’s Bennu sample return reveals ...
4 days ago · A team of scientists from across the globe have discovered minerals in the asteroid sample Bennu that have never before been seen in meteorites that have fallen to Earth. Prof …
Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to …
3 days ago · Bennu’s rocks formed 4.5 billion years ago on a larger parent asteroid. That asteroid was wet and muddy. Under the surface, pockets of water perhaps only a few feet across were …
Surprising phosphate finding in asteroid sample - The Source
Jun 27, 2024 · The sample also contains magnesium-sodium phosphate, which was a surprise to the research team, because it wasn’t seen in the remote sensing data collected by the …
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
Jun 28, 2024 · Analysis of the Bennu sample unveiled intriguing insights into the asteroid’s composition. Dominated by clay minerals, particularly serpentine, the sample mirrors the type …
Phosphate in NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample suggests space …
Jun 27, 2024 · On September 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped a capsule to Earth containing pristine carbonaceous regolith collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. …
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains the building …
Mar 18, 2024 · Among them, the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a surprising reservoir of a mineral called magnesium phosphate. These bright-white particles sprinkled in a …
An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu …
3 days ago · Samples from the asteroid (101955) Bennu, returned by the OSIRIS-REx mission, include sodium-bearing phosphates and sodium-rich carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and …
NASA's asteroid samples hold salty remains of ancient water world …
3 days ago · NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 …
Here we present the mineralogical, chemical, structural, and isotopic results of analysis of phosphates in samples returned from Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. We seek to test …