pristine rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and brought to Earth. Quickly, a team from NASA headed to the container to prevent the capsule containing the ...

For example, in the recent OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, a sample collected from near-earth asteroid Bennu was sealed in an airtight container on its return to the earth. This ensured no ...

For example, in the recent OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, a sample collected from near-Earth asteroid Bennu was sealed in an airtight container on its return to Earth. This ensured no ...

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS ...

Overall, they write, a Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” reducing land photosynthesis by 36 percent and marine photosynthesis by 25 percent. That would in ...

The asteroid Bennu is a celestial body with an average diameter of about 560 meters that was discovered in 1999. It is said that it will approach Earth many times over the course of about 200 ...