New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System
- Written by Nick Timms, Associate Professor, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
A view of eight sample trays containing the final sample material from asteroid Bennu. Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebers/JSCIn October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from Earth.
As part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft not only...





