jsc2025e069611 - OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Bennu Research

OSIRIS-REx aggregate particle  Date:  February 9, 2024  Location:  NASA/JSC/B31/R1008  Photo Credit:  Zia Rahman - Amentum/ARES

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.