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The researchers worked with a small amount of Bennu material, about the size of a teaspoon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

When NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned material from asteroid Bennu in 2023, scientists confirmed that the 4.6 billion year old rocks contained amino acids, the essential molecules that make life possible.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

The rubble pile asteroid Bennu is around 400m in diameter.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

“Here we show that Bennu samples are volatile rich, with more carbon, nitrogen and ammonia than samples from asteroid Ryugu and most meteorites,” the scientists write.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

I have brought the divine Bennu to the east, and Osiris to the city of Tattu.

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius