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Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 images ... REx mission successfully returned 122 grams of dust and rock from Bennu to Earth, collected during a brief surface maneuver in ...

This combination of rock, water and organics is one reason OSIRIS-REx chose to sample the organic-rich asteroid Bennu, where water and organic compounds essential to the origin of life could be found.

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making ... and in 2020 collected samples of rock and dust for analysis.

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. NASA A ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its ... to Bennu and in 2020 collected samples of rock and dust for analysis. A study published in January ...

to reach Bennu. Once there, the spacecraft orbited the asteroid for nearly two years as flight engineers searched for a landing site. Upon making contact with the space rock, OSIRIS-REx fired a ...