Asteroid Bennu samples revealed! ’Contain abundant water,’ says NASA Chief
Get the first glimpse at some of the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission of asteroid Bennu. The samples studied so far contain “abundant water in the form of hydrated clay minerals and they contain carbon,“ according to NASA administrator Bill Nelson.
Credit: NASA
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