Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks

Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks
By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/mg92Vpb)

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.

March 29, 2026 at 05:02AM
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