Secrets of Asteroid Bennu with Harold Connolly Jr.
Could the ingredients for life have arrived on asteroids? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice unpack what the sample collected from asteroid Bennu is teaching us about the origins of life itself with Harold Connolly, geologist and mission scientist for OSIRIS-REx.
April 14, 2026
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Secrets of Asteroid Bennu with Harold Connolly Jr.
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Secrets of Asteroid Bennu with Harold Connolly Jr.
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Could the ingredients for life have arrived on asteroids? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice unpack what the sample collected from asteroid Bennu is teaching us about the origins of life itself with Harold Connolly, geologist and mission scientist for OSIRIS-REx.