Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

Bennu is just over ⅓ mile, or 560 meters, in diameter. And while we know about the devastating effects of a larger asteroid (just ask the dinosaurs) and the regional effects of a much smaller ...

Asteroid Bennu, as imaged by the OSIRIS-REx ... depends on how close the asteroid gets during an encounter on Sept. 25, 2135, and how much its orbit is diverted by Earth's gravity.

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...

In January 2025, scientists announced the discovery of organic molecules— the building blocks of life— in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid named Bennu. What can this discovery reveal ...

Bennu, one of the largest asteroids, has been the subject of research and simulations in the event of an impact with our planet. Bennu is 500 meters wide and astronomers have predicted a one in ...

Smithsonian and NASA scientists set out to collect an asteroid sample that may hold clues to the origins of life in our solar system.

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955 Bennu after the mission returned its samples to Earth in 2023.

Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission , have revealed new findings about the origins of life and the early days of our solar system. The ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after ...