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Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained rocks over Revelstoke.
Known under alternative designations as 1999 RQ36 or Asteroid 101955, Bennu received its name from a "Name That Asteroid" competition held by the University of Arizona in 2013.
In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have ...
What does the name 'Bennu' mean? Bennu, a near-Earth orbiting asteroid, was discovered in 1999.It is named after an ancient Egyptian bird deity. Third-grade student Michael Puzio won a contest to ...
A near-Earth asteroid named Bennu has a loosely packed surface similar to a pit of plastic balls, according to NASA scientists. A spacecraft collected a sample from the asteroid in October 2020 ...
The asteroid was named after an Egyptian deity in 2013 by a nine-year-old boy from North Carolina. Bennu is the ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation and rebirth.
Bennu was discovered in 1999 and is believed to be part of a larger asteroid that collided with another space rock. It’s about one-third of a mile wide and is roughly the height of the Empire ...
At a news conference on Wednesday, NASA scientists said there was a 1-in-1,750 chance that an asteroid named Bennu, which is a bit wider than the Empire State Building is tall, could collide with ...
The near-Earth asteroid Bennu could be Exhibit A for space miners making their case to skeptical investors. New observations by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft suggest that the 1,650-foot-wide (500 ...
An asteroid to be visited by a NASA probe in 2018 now the new name "Bennu" thanks to a 9-year-old from North Carolina. Find out why.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Timothy J McCoy, Smithsonian Institution and Sara Russell, Natural History Museum ...