Nasa struggled to find a safe sampling site on asteroid Bennu; Queen guitarist Brian May used his little-known 3D imaging skills to reveal its treacherous terrain |
A rock musician working at a computer might seem an unlikely figure in an asteroid-sampling mission, but Brian May brought a specialist skill to Nasa’s search for a place to land on Bennu. The Queen guitarist, who also holds a doctorate in astrophysics, helped scientists turn spacecraft photographs into three-dimensional views of the asteroid’s rough…
