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The ship of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States found the water ingredients on the asteroid of Bennu, according to data collected by the OSIRIS- REx.
A scientist from the University of Arizona in the United States, Dante Lauretta, reported that the study had revealed traces of hydrogen and oxygen molecules at the surface of the asteroid
The OSIRIS-REx mission began in 2016 and aims to retrieve the Earth's asteroid samples for further research.
The width of Bennu is about 500 meters. Its orbit crosses that of the Earth.
Meanwhile, space interstellar reached for the second time in history another space probe, NASA – Voyager 2. On December 10, it surpasses the heliosphere – a protective shell of particles and magnetic fields formed by the Sun. The twin Voyager 1 probes reached this limit in 2012, but Voyager 2 is equipped with devices that will transmit the first data of this type on the nature of this entry into interstellar space, according to scientists.
The Voyager 2 was launched in 1977, for 16 days. earlier than Voyager 1. Both probes have traveled a much greater distance than originally planned.
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