Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

More:High resolution photos of asteroid materials revealed. How NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought Bennu sample back to ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 km) away. It might come even ...

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

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 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 ...

The vast majority can be found in the asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between ... Originally named 1999 RQ36, it was renamed in 2013. Bennu is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun ...

The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global winter that affects our planet for years.

Discover the fascinating findings from asteroid Bennu: pristine salt minerals reveal the presence of liquid water in the ...

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 ...