The Osiris-Rex mission, one of NASA's most daring ventures, involved collecting samples from the asteroid Bennu. The probe used a robotic arm to gather material from the surface of the asteroid ...

The asteroid also holds a lot of ammonia and remnants of water In Bennu's samples, scientists discovered some surprises, including very high concentrations of ammonia—about 100 times greater ...

In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the Osiris-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu to study ... and rewards of this high-stakes undertaking.

OSIRIS-REx: To Bennu and Back is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has been steadily progressing since the spacecraft arrived ...

Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu. They believe the asteroid is a plant-like object rich in water and ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft had a mission in 2020: fly to Bennu, an asteroid about 200 million miles from earth, land briefly, collect a small sample, and return home. But its mission was ...

Scientists found traces of briny water and salty minerals, similar to those on Europa and Enceladus, suggesting liquid water once flowed on Bennu. A new study suggests Bennu may have formed beyond ...

Discovered in 1999, asteroid Bennu currently poses the greatest risk ... Asteroid Apophis was once considered a high-risk object but was downgraded after a 2021 observation clarified its orbit.