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Asteroid Composition

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Cracks in Bennu’s Boulders Solve OSIRIS‑REx Thermal Mystery

Peer-reviewed XCT analyses scaled to boulder size pinpoint internal fractures driving the asteroid’s low thermal inertia.

Bennu Samples Reveal Bio-Essential Sugars, 'Space Gum' and Supernova Dust in New Studies

JWST Spectra Tie Bennu and Ryugu to Polana Asteroid Family, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

China’s Tianwen-2 probe launches to sample Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamo’oalewa