Digital currencies are growing in importance – including stablecoins, whose value is pegged to traditional currencies. They could fundamentally change the financial system. But what can be done to ensure that money remains stable in an increasingly digital and tokenised world?
New sample analyses by researchers at ETH Zurich point to a surprising origin for the asteroid Bennu: rather than forming far out in the Solar System, Bennu's parent body probably emerged in a special transition zone near the water-ice line, where temperatures were cold enough for water to freeze, at a time when Jupiter itself was still growing.