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

Scientists have simulated what would happen if asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide space ... blocking sunlight and disrupting the planet’s energy balance. ・Global temperatures would drop by ...

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 ...

In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the Osiris-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu to study the rocky space object and collect samples to return to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to launch on September 8. It's mission is to explore the asteroid Bennu — and return a sample to Earth in 2023.

There are several planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, but only Earth is known to support life. Now, scientists have found the "basic building blocks" of life in the ...

"Asteroids provide a time capsule into our home planet’s history, and Bennu’s samples are pivotal in our understanding of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life started on ...