OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu's Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Fast-Than-Expected Weathering

Big Milestone For NASA: Material Older Than The Sun Discovered On Asteroid

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission uncovers ancient stardust from Bennu, revealing clues about the solar system's origins and the beginnings of life.

Tiny Particles Reveal Asteroid Bennu's Origin Story at the Beginning of the Solar System

Learn how rock and dust samples are shedding light on the origins of Asteroid Bennu and the history of the early Solar System.

New findings from UA’s asteroid sample mission

Its been a real point of pride that the University of Arizona led a mission to grab a sample of an asteroid and bring it to Earth. Now those samples are teaching us more about the early days of our solar system, and maybe more about how life began.Its been not quite two years since U of As Osiris Rex spacecraft brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu. Scientists jumped on those samples right away and in that time they found some interestin…

“We Found Organic Material that's Highly Anomalous”: Samples From Asteroid Bennu Reveal Cosmic Surprises

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Particles older than solar system discovered in asteroid sample

These ancient grains likely came from stars that existed before our solar system, reinforcing the idea that 'we're all stardust.'

Asteroid Bennu: A time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years

Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of materials from throughout, and even beyond, our solar system. Over the past few billion years, its unique and varied contents have been transformed by interactions with water and the harsh space environment.