Asteroid Bennu

101955 Bennu (provisional designation 1999 RQ36) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999.

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Molecule Vital to Happiness Found in Material From Asteroid Bennu

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Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins

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NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample

Scientists Find Amino Acids, Salts and Other Compounds in Samples from Asteroid Bennu

Dust from asteroid Bennu shows: Building blocks of life and possible habitats were widespread in our solar system - EurekAlert

Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples reveal

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