Nov 7, 2023 · Now, the general public can catch a glimpse of one of the asteroid’s rocky fragments, which went on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History on Friday.

Oct 26, 2023 · The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will unveil the first public display of a sample of Bennu—a carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid—to museumgoers Friday, Nov. 3.

4 days ago · These are Earth-originating examples of minerals found in Bennu samples from the US National Mineral Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History: (foreground, from left ...

4 days ago · A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals allowed the elemental ingredients of life to intermingle and create more complex structures. The discovery suggests that extraterrestrial brines provided a crucial setting for the development of ...

Dec 27, 2023 · A sample of the asteroid Bennu is now on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History after being unveiled to museumgoers on Friday Nov. 3, 2023.

4 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 evaporating, 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 ...

Mar 17, 2024 · Here’s a pebble-sized sample from asteroid Bennu, protected inside a clear container, now on display at the Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum at the University of Arizona. This museum is one...

Nov 14, 2023 · The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History unveiled the first public display of a sample of Bennu—a carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid—to museumgoers Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

4 days ago · While Glavin’s team analyzed the Bennu samples for hints of life-related compounds, their colleagues, led by Tim McCoy, curator of meteorites at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, and Sara Russell, cosmic mineralogist at the Natural History Museum in London, looked for clues to the environment these ...

Nov 3, 2023 · A sizable crowd turned out to see a small rock as the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History debuted the first display of a piece of the asteroid Bennu from the sample recently brought back to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.