Bennu was discovered in 1999 and is believed to be part of a larger asteroid that collided with another space rock. ... A NASA capsule with collected comet dust landed intact in 2006.

Asteroid Bennu is a primordial goldmine of secrets. A relic from our early solar system, ... similar in design to the Stardust capsule that brought back samples of a comet. 4.

Scientists stress more testing is needed to better understand the Bennu samples, as well as more asteroid and comet sample returns. China plans to launch an asteroid sample return mission this year.

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's "quasi-moons" and then journey on to a mysterious comet.

Astronomers have since determined that the comet orbits our sun once every 1.4 million years, making this a “once-in-a-lifetime event,” the astronomy site said.

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.

Planetary scientists meeting in Tucson on Wednesday cheered their European colleagues as the Rosetta mission accomplished the first successful landing on a comet. Dante Lauretta, who heads a ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 km) away. It might come even ...

The building blocks of life have been found on an alien asteroid, scientists have said.. Samples taken by Nasa from the asteroid Bennu have not only the ingredients required to life but also show ...

Scientists stress more testing is needed to better understand the Bennu samples, as well as more asteroid and comet sample returns. China plans to launch an asteroid sample return mission this year.

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.