"Queen's Brian May Analyzes NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples in 3D"

Queen guitarist Brian May, known for his interest in astrophysics, has collaborated with NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to analyze visual data of the asteroid Bennu. May and fellow citizen scientist Claudia Manzoni used a technique called stereoscopy to add a 3D effect to 2D images of the asteroid's surface. The images, taken after the sample's return to Earth, provided an opportunity to study the structure of the asteroid material. Scientists and citizen scientists are eager to examine asteroids like Bennu to gain insights into the formation of the solar system. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX, will continue its mission to study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis in the future.