Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Samples From Asteroid Bennu Contain Secrets of the Early Solar System
August 26, 2025
August 26, 2025
LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
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Samples from asteroid Bennu contain secrets of the early solar system
In September 2023, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission became the first U.S. mission to collect a sample of material from an asteroid and return it to Earth.
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Samples from asteroid Bennu contain secrets of the early solar system
In September 2023, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission became the first U.S. mission to collect a sample of material from an asteroid and return it to Earth.