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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

burritojustice ("Burrito Justice") wrote:

SERPENTINE…

IN…

SPAAAAACE

“Analysis of the Bennu sample unveiled intriguing insights into the asteroid’s composition. Dominated by clay minerals, particularly serpentine, the sample mirrors the type of rock found at mid-ocean ridges on Earth, where material from the mantle, the layer beneath Earth’s crust, encounters water”

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/osiris-rex/surprising-phosphate-finding-in-nasas-osiris-rex-asteroid-sample/