Preliminary studies of the asteroid Bennu, which is approximately 4.5 billion years old and was recently collected in space by NASA and brought back to Earth, reveal significant amounts of carbon and water. These findings, presented by NASA from its Johnson Space Center in Houston, suggest the possibility of encountering the fundamental building blocks of life on Earth within this asteroid. This initial assessment is a part of NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission.
