Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...

The molecular composition of Bennu suggests it formed in the frigid outer reaches of the solar system where temperatures could dip to -400 degrees Fahrenheit. This allowed volatile gases like carbon ...

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

Bennu is a rubble pile asteroid entirely made up of fragments of boulders and dust particles ejected during the destruction of a much larger asteroid. It’s long been studied, most recently by NASA.

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

Large quantities of aerosols and gases released by the impact could ascend into the atmosphere, altering Earth’s climate with lingering effects, she said. If Bennu were to strike the ocean ...

It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it flew past Earth, which was then recovered in the desert of the U.S. state of ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth ... the researchers said. Large quantities of aerosols and gases would reach the upper atmosphere, causing ...