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NASA's Bennu asteroid samples reveal a mixed-origin 'Frankenstein' rock

Original: # Bennu es un poco Frankenstein: el # asteroide que la # NASA trajo a la # Tierra mezcla materiales de los dos extremos

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought samples of asteroid Bennu back to Earth, and analyses show the space rock contains material from both the inner and outer reaches of the Solar System. Researchers describe Bennu as a kind of 'Frankenstein' asteroid, assembled from fragments with very different origins, offering new clues about how the Solar System formed.

Why now: New findings on the composition of the Bennu samples delivered by NASA are drawing attention in Spanish-language science coverage.

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• # Bennu es un poco Frankenstein: el # asteroide que la # NASA trajo a la # Tierra mezcla materiales de los dos extremos del Sistema Solar https://www. xataka.com/espacio/bennu-poco- frankenstein-asteroide-que-nasa-trajo-a-tierra-mezcla-materiales-dos-extremos-sistema-solar · cktodon@mas.to · 3

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