Asteroid Bennu's Organic Secrets Revealed Asteroid Bennu, a small, rocky world orbiting the Sun between Mars and Earth, has captivated scientists in recent years.
The OSIRIS REx mission, launched in 2016, sent a spacecraft to collect samples from Bennu's surface, providing a unique opportunity to study its composition and uncover secrets about the origins of life in our solar system.
The presence of organic molecules on asteroid Bennu is particularly intriguing because these molecules are the building blocks of life.