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Making a mess on asteroid Bennu

Making a mess on asteroid Bennu
Making a mess on asteroid Bennu This animation toggles between two images of Nightingale crater on asteroid Bennu before and after NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample in October 2020. The sample collection process, along with the spacecraft's thrusters, churned up soil and rock within the crater. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona