The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

By Sage Rohrbach A mosaic image of the Bennu Asteriod, created using pictures from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite that was near the asteroid for over two years. Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia ...

An asteroid impact today could be devastating. But a few billion years ago, an impact may have helped life exist. Scientists ...

The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. This backs up an old hypothesis that the building blocks of ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life, but also the salty remains of an ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the ingredients to life on Earth were present in the early days of our solar system, as detailed in a series of papers ...

Dust and rock samples from the asteroid Bennu contain essential building blocks of life, scientists announced on Wednesday, revealing molecules never seen before in extraterrestrial samples. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

A NASA spacecraft brought samples from the asteroid Bennu back to Earth in 2023. The first in-depth analyses of that material have revealed organic molecules, including building blocks of life.

CBS News (Video) Sample returned from asteroid Bennu contained life's building blocks, scientists say Posted: January 30, 2025 | Last updated: January 30, 2025 Samples of rock and dirt which were ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Studies of the samples from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth by NASA's spacecraft have revealed that the early solar system had widespread conditions and ...