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NASA 的OSIRIS-REx 任务发现了小行星贝努（Bennu）与地球上的苏尔斯湖（Searles Lake）之间的宇宙联系。两者都含有咸水蒸发形成的矿物质，这暗示着贝努的母体曾经拥有液态水库。 这些矿物质甚至有机分子的发现表明，塑造地球地貌的化学过程同样发生在数十亿年前的深空。