Sugars on Asteroid Bennu Reveal Surprising Link to Life on Earth A team of scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery on asteroid Bennu, one of the most extensively studied asteroids in our solar system.
NASA's OSIRIS REx mission and the University of Arizona's Space Terahertz Observatory have collaborated to reveal the presence of sugars on Bennu's surface.
The Asteroid's Surface Chemistry The types and amounts of sugars found on asteroid Bennu are critical for understanding its origin.