An armoured asteroid? Yes, NASA says it exists and can reveal secrets of our solar system - HT Tech

The NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft closely observed the armoured asteroid 101955 Bennu, which has been touted to reveal the secrets behind the birth of our solar system.

It has been almost six years since the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft first took its flight towards a very special target. Unlike most NASA missions, it was not going for a planet or a moon but a 450-met… [+3058 chars]

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