Asteroid now most surveyed in solar system, thanks to a Canadian laser instrument

TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2023 - The much-anticipated arrival of the Bennu asteroid sample to Earth means researchers across Canada and the world will be able to study it to better learn about the origins of the solar system, thanks in part to work led by a York professor at the Lassonde School of Engineering. This Sunday morning, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx plans to make that brief, but key pit stop back to earth’s orbit to parachute a package to the Utah desert, and Mike Daly, York Research Chair in Planetary Science with the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science (CRESS) couldn’t be more excited.