Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks Asteroids don’t get the love they deserve. They don’t get “cool points” because they’re not a planet or a potential life-harboring moon. They’re “just a bunch of rocks”. But asteroids are so much more, as they are time capsules of the early solar system that have survived billions of years untouched by weathering or plate tectonics. One of the most intriguing asteroids that has been explored is asteroid Bennu, and specifically how its physical characteristics greater differed from Earth-based observations in 2007 after NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft visited Bennu in 2018.

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How AI Is Changing Astronomy Roughly 2,000 photographic glass plates sit in storage at the Palomar Observatory in California, some exposed in the 1950s and still not fully analyzed. This wasn't...

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NEW SHORT LINKS TO ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY A Tour of the Closest Exoplanets ^ Earth’s Close Call: Asteroid Bigger Than the Golden Gate Bridge! ^ NASA Caught A Comet. Here’s ...

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A Meteor Exploded Over Ohio. Then the Chase Began.

Chasing meteorites in Ohio, a kind of galactic gold rush is on.

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This rock came in a shallow angle, so the debris field is extra long.

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New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Lightcurve inversion modeling with GaiaDR3” by MacLennan E.M. et al.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here's how If at first you don't succeed, crash your spacecraft at full speed.

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All five DNA/RNA building blocks found in asteroid Ryugu samples from boingboing rss feed

All five DNA/RNA building blocks found in asteroid Ryugu samples
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All 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample Ingredients for life may have been widespread throughout the Solar System in its early years.

"n a study published in Nature Astronomy today, a team of Japanese scientists has confirmed all five nucleobases are present in this pristine asteroid [Ryugu] material."

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A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu - Nature Astronomy Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases (A, G, C, T and U). Their presence in Ryugu and Bennu supports the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to...

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AN EYE ON SPACE SPOTLIGHT:   Astrophotography AN EYE ON SPACE Astronomers May Have Spotted an Earth-like Planet Uncomfortably Similar to Ours in Size and Or...

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3 Questions: Fortifying our planetary defenses MIT astronomers are developing a new way to detect, monitor, and mitigate the threats posed by smaller asteroids to our critical space infrastructure....

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‘The moon is safe’: asteroid is not on collision course, scientists confirm ESA’s Planetary Defence team allay fears 100-metre-wide object could hit Earth’s moon and disrupt satellites

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NASA Observes Material Transfer Between Binary Asteroids NASA's DART mission has provided the first direct visual evidence that asteroids in binary systems can exchange surface material. Using images captured before DART intentionally collided with Dimorphos, the moon of the asteroid Didymos, scientists observed faint fan-shaped streaks on Dimorphos' surface. These streaks indicate slow-moving debris, traveling at less than a walking pace, likely spun off from Didymos due to sunlight accelerating its rotation—a process known as the YORP effect. The debris created distinctive patterns on Dimorphos, demonstrating that near-Earth binary asteroids are more dynamic than previously believed. Researchers confirmed these findings by developing image-processing techniques to remove shadows and artifacts, running computer simulations, and conducting laboratory experiments with marbles and sand to replicate the fan-like streaks. The European Space Agency’s Hera mission, arriving at Didymos in December 2026, may provide further insight by observing whether these streaks survived the DART impact or if new patterns have formed. This research improves understanding of asteroid behavior, surface evolution, and may enhance planetary defense strategies for potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA Observes Material Transfer Between Binary Asteroids

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How NASA’s Webb Helped Rule Out Asteroid’s Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact Editor’s Note: This post highlights data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review p...

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Asteroid Grains Carry Magnetic Memories from the Birth of the Solar System Japanese researchers find more pay dirt in samples of asteroid Ryugu brought to Earth in 2020.

Is essence, a magnetic recording of the birth of our solar system, japanresearchreport.substack.com/p/asteroid-g....

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