Tue, 21-Oct-2025

NASA found that solar rays ‘aged’ Bennu, a sun-orbiting asteroid

NASA

This shows that the surface of asteroids regenerates much faster than it does on Earth. OSIRIS-REx will return a Bennu sample in 2023. The Sun’s heat breaks up rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000. Scientists working on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx have found that the Sun’s heat breaks up rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 … Read more