In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

Pack sea salt into a stem of bamboo about five or six centimeters in diameter. Baked in a special kiln, the salt absorbs ...

Inspired by bird feathers, scientists create a fabric that desalinates seawater using sunlight and electricity, working ...

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Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

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By comparing their findings with geochemical models of salt ... evaporation. The Bennu samples therefore give unprecedented insight into the processes that drove the formation of the Solar System.

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...