Rubble-Pile Thermodynamics: Decoding the Micro-Cracks of Asteroid Bennu
Deep in the vacuum of the inner solar system, an ancient survivor is slowly being dismantled by the very star that illuminates it. At a glance, Asteroid 101955—better known as Bennu—looks like a charcoal-dark, diamond-shaped mountain floating through the void. For decades, astronomers believed that ...