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NASA’s Bennu samples reveal a 4.5-billion-year-old solar system secret

So, NASA’s Bennu samples are offering a remarkable glimpse into the Solar System’s earliest days. Researchers at ETH Zurich found that Bennu shares a distinctive chemical fingerprint with asteroid Ryugu and rare CI meteorites, linking them to the same ancient reservoir of cosmic dust. Their findings suggest these materials gathered near the water-ice line, where ingredients from different parts of the young Solar System could mix and stick together. And here's the thing: the results challenge earlier ideas about Bennu’s birthplace and point to Jupiter’s important role in shaping the material that formed these ancient objects.
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