Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ...

It's up in the air how much longer the beloved telescope will be with us.

The asteroid is likely fully solid, and not a rubble pile like the large asteroids Bennu and Ryugu ... 4 percent chance that it will hit the Moon though so it is important to continue studying ...

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

The asteroid is likely fully solid, and not a rubble pile like the large asteroids Bennu and Ryugu. It was probably a fragment ... There is an almost 4 percent chance that it will hit the Moon though ...

Bennu’s parent body formed 4.5 billion years ... like the dwarf planet Ceres or Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Interestingly, sodium carbonate has been detected on Ceres and Enceladus.

OSIRIS-REx Discovers Water on Asteroid Bennu Set for launch in April of 2028 ... which is a minor planet-moon of the asteroid Didymos. This work was further complimented by OSIRIS-REx, which ...

The agency’s OSIRIS-REx mission—having successfully visited the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and returning ... which is a minor planet-moon of the asteroid Didymos. This work was further ...

(SpaceX/NASA via AP) Read full article: Starship delays means Artemis moon landing may be pushed ... spacecraft touches the surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.