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 ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this shot of the Earth and moon (left) and the asteroid Bennu (right) on Dec. 19, 2018. At the time, OSIRIS-REx was 71 million miles (114 million kilometers ...

Bennu is also expected to pass closer to Earth than the moon in 2135 and if it does, our planet's gravitational pull could put it on the path to striking Earth on September 24, 2182.

In September 2135, the 1,600-foot-wide asteroid Bennu will pass between the Earth and the moon — and while scientists said Wednesday there is no chance of a collision, Earth's gravity will alter ...

The surface of asteroid Bennu acts like an impact-absorbing crumple zone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The surface of ...

By traveling to Bennu, NASA researchers reasoned, a probe could gather pristine material. The OSIRIS-REx probe arrived at the 1,850-foot-wide asteroid in 2020, scooped up rock and dirt, and then ...

It remains the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon. ... Small amounts of Bennu's precious black grains — leftovers from the solar system's formation 4.5 billion years ago — were doled ...

In that year, Bennu will still miss Earth, but it will come pretty close, to within 125,000 miles or so, or about half the distance from the Earth to the moon.

It passes by Earth every six years about 186,000 miles away, closer than the Moon. Bennu’s parent asteroid contained pockets of liquid water that evaporated, leaving behind brines of various ...

IGN debuted an exclusive clip from Snyder’s upcoming sci-fi film Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire, an extended scene that showcases the film’s most glorious creature: the bennu.