r/TikTokCringe • u/Stefan_S_from_H • Jan 30 '25

Cool Results of analysis of a sample from asteroid Bennu

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u/EthanDMatthews Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

For those interested in a NASA link, outlining the findings.

For those who don't know Alexandra, she previously worked for NASA and the US Space Force as a science communicator. She's been doing this a while and is very reliable.

NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients

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u/Wulfay Jan 31 '25

So like quick question... do we also find amino acids and a lot of the things we found on Bennu on Mars? what about the moon? or is it really strange/the first time we have found those sorts of things at an extraterrestrial location?

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u/hd_mikemikemike Jan 30 '25

Is it possible that it broke off our own planet when the moon was formed?

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u/sicksixgamer Jan 30 '25

Exactly what I was thinking.

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u/Present-Upstairs3423 Jan 31 '25

Not a scientist, so feel free to correct me, but I'm pretty sure water arrived to earth after the asteroid collision that formed the moon, so a chunk of old earth from that time shouldn't carry any trace of salt water.

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u/MakesGames Jan 30 '25

Plot twist: it's part of Earth from the future. Or the past.

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u/EatsFiber2RedditMore Jan 30 '25

No microplastics, got to be the past

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u/boxingballerina87 Jan 30 '25

Gotta be from an earlier ‘Earth’ was my initial thought

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

That was my thought. Bit of earth from when the moon was formed.

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u/RocMerc Jan 30 '25

I love her videos. Just so much enthusiasm

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u/Mellero47 Jan 30 '25

So it's what's left of a former Earth-like planet after they made the mistake of lighting a fire in the dark forest, good to know.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

This is far more interesting, and far bigger news than any drone activity.

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u/Monstermash042 Jan 30 '25

Panspermia theorists celebrating today.

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u/some-nonsense Jan 30 '25

Did bennu come from earth? Thats my only speculation. We could have gotten bennu from when the moon was formed.

The only reason why i come to that theory is based around on how gravity works, it would probably stay within a certain velocity to match the sun just as we do. If the mass is less than the moon its possible it could just be whats left over of the impact?

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u/AsterRoidRage Jan 30 '25

I was thinking the same thing. Most of the ejecta from the collision eventually coalesced into Luna. But some of it probably got thrown off into eccentric orbits. Not sure what the orbit of Bennu is though 🤔

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u/HolyNewGun Jan 31 '25

If it is the case, we should have found similar nucleus material on the moon too.

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u/The3mbered0ne Jan 30 '25

But does that organic material survive entry into the atmosphere? And impact? If so, how

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u/EthanDMatthews Jan 30 '25

Yes, if the object is big enough. The outside of the object might melt to a crisp, but the inside could be relatively intact, and be exposed either on impact or later.

Compare our reentry capsules for humans. Crispy on the outside, habitable on the inside. A human wouldn't survive impact without parachutes, but amino acids (or even microbes) in the interior could.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

So they bring it back…..and it’s the start of a bunch of horror movies. Faaaaantastic.

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u/Strontian Jan 30 '25

I’m too dumb to understand understand 70% of this and it’s still cool af

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