Asteroid's Surface Like a "Plastic Ball Pit," Scientists Find - Futurism

When OSIRIS-REx tried to touch down on Bennu, it sank into the asteroid like quicksand, causing a dazzling explosion of celestial matter in the process.

"The surface was soft and flowed away like a fluid." Big Surprise NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's original mission was to fly to the asteroid Bennu, where it was mean to briefly land on the body's p… [+2232 chars]

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