The near-Earth asteroid Bennu continues to reveal its secrets to NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. Skip to main content. ... The weak boulders have a low reflectance and a hummocky texture, ...

Asteroid Bennu is the space rock with the highest known probability of hitting Earth in the next 200 years. NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will help us protect ourselves.

A view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, ... "sandpaper-like texture," said team member Andrew Ryan, a research scientist at LPL at the University of Arizona.

When NASA sent OSIRIS-REx to the asteroid Bennu in 2016, ... Dworkin can't say for sure yet what the texture is like. "So far only fine particles, the size of sand or smaller, ...

"Bennu has a salt-and-pepper kind of texture, bright grains and dark grains, and we're seeing that," says Lauretta. "In fact, as I was zooming around these images I felt like I was miniaturized ...

Radar observations have shown that Bennu is about 510 metres across at its widest point, and that it’s probably a “rubble pile” asteroid rather than solid rock, with a texture like compacted ...

This asteroid is one of the most likely to hit Earth. Here’s what it means for our future. New ultraprecise measurements show that the asteroid Bennu has a higher chance than thought of ...

Bennu isn’t a cold, dead rock after all. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has spotted the asteroid spewing out dust and rocks on 11 separate occasions over a period of just a few weeks, which was ...

The asteroid material was delivered to Earth in late September in a space capsule that landed in Utah. ... LAURETTA: Bennu has a salt and pepper kind of texture, bright grains and dark grains.

Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists have a much greater understanding of the near-Earth asteroid, its ...

The asteroid Bennu is an anomaly. Its diamond-like shape and scraggly texture give it a memorable appearance — and make it a curious object for scientists to study. NASA.

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu has been in an orbit that brings it near to Earth for 1.75 million years, based on a study of craters on the asteroid’s surface.