With the OSIRIS-REx space probe, the NASA space agency succeeded in collecting some material from the surface of asteroid Bennu, which arrived on Earth in a small capsule in 2023. The analysis of ...

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 ...

Of all the asteroids in all the orbits throughout the solar system, how did the University of Arizona choose Bennu to visit and sample? It was part process of elimination and part luck, said Carl ...

A sample from asteroid Bennu contains organic compounds usually found at midocean ridges on Earth, suggesting Bennu may have been part of an ancient ocean world.

Bennu is a 1,600-foot-wide near-Earth asteroid that was discovered in 1999 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Project. It passes by Earth approximately every 6 years. However ...

Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid that was studied by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from 2018 to 2021.

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 ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered.

The Bennu team is continuing to look at unstudied material from the asteroid sample to see if even more complex compounds are lurking inside. Some amino acids could have possibly been combined ...

In October 2020, a University of Arizona-led team commanded the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to scoop the dirt of near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The maneuver produced a plume of particles that burst out like ...

That mission brought 121.6 grams from the asteroid Bennu to Earth after collecting it in September 2023. Related Why freezing cold worlds could be our best bet for alien life in the solar system ...