The asteroid NASA just landed on turns out to be hollow, with a large 'void' at its center. It may be spinning itself to death.
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Nov 08 2020 at 1:11 PM GMT
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- The asteroid Bennu just keeps getting more bizarre.
- When NASA decided to send a probe to land on a space rock and bring back samples, it picked Bennu for its seemingly smooth surface " perfect landing ground.
- But once the Osiris-Rex spacecraft had made the 200-million-mile journey to Bennu, the images it beamed back revealed a landscape covered in boulders and rock fields.
- NASA eventually chose the flattest spot it could find to land, and the touch-and-go operation to scoop up material.
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- Published Nov 8, 2020 1:11 PM GMT