HOUSTON, Oct 12 — A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, Nasa revealed yesterday, offering more evidence for the...
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Carbon accounted for almost five per cent of the sample’s total weight, and was present in both organic and mineral form, while the water was locked inside the crystal structure of clay minerals, he said.Scientists believe the reason Earth has oceans, lakes and rivers is because it was hit with water-carrying asteroids 4 to 4.5 billion years ago, making it a habitable planet.
Named after an ancient Egyptian deity, Bennu is a “primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space”, according to Nasa, making it an attractive target for study. While there is no risk of it hitting Earth through the mid 2100s, the chances rise to around 1 in 1,750 between then and the year 2300, Nasa says.
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