- a variation of Benu.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, which visited the asteroid Bennu, observed material erupting from the asteroid's surface.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
This material was collected directly from Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and returned to Earth in September 2023.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Overall, the findings provide new insight into how water, minerals, and organic matter interacted on primitive asteroids like Bennu.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
“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
This was known to the Egyptians as Bennu.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max