jsc2025e069611 - OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Bennu Research
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Scientists found microscopic craters and tiny splashes of once-molten rock – known as impact melts – on the surfaces of samples, signs that the asteroid was bombarded by micrometeorites.
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jsc2025e069611
Date Created
August 21, 2025
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