Asteroid Bennu, estimated to be over 4.5 billion years old, holds the potential to unlock invaluable insights into the formation of our solar system and the mechanisms that brought the building blocks of life to Earth. Scientists were particularly delighted to discover that the mission had managed to capture more material than initially anticipated. Christopher Sneadr, NASA’s Deputy OSIRIS-REx Curation Lead, noted, “The very best ‘problem’ to have is that there is so much material, it’s taking longer than we expected to collect it.”
With the upcoming livestream event, the world is poised to gain a deeper understanding of the incredible discoveries made within this precious asteroid material. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission promises to provide valuable revelations about our cosmic origins and the mysteries of our solar system.
