How Asteroid Bennu could unlock the secrets of the Solar System

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How Asteroid Bennu could unlock the secrets of the Solar System

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Prof Sara Russell of the UK’s Natural History Museum reveals how she will be studying the samples of Asteroid Bennu returned to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, and what it could tell us about the history of our Solar System.

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How Asteroid Bennu could unlock the secrets of the Solar System

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