Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar ...

Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists have a much greater understanding of the near-Earth asteroid, its upcoming ...

Asteroid Bennu—the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona—is a mixture of materials from throughout, and even beyond, our solar system. Over the past few ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which formed long before the sun even existed. "It's very fascinating to see ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, a NASA probe has uncovered an intriguing structure inside an asteroid, shedding light on the composition and history of these celestial bodies. This revelation could ...

In May 2021, OSIRIS-REx began its journey back to Earth carrying dust from Bennu - a rubble-pile asteroid older than Earth itself. When the capsule was opened in 2023, scientists were stunned by the ...

NASA says an asteroid larger than the Empire State Building is heading toward Earth. But don't worry, it's not expected to arrive until the year 2182 and there's only a .05% chance it will hit our ...

Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of ...

LONDON (APTN/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - Scientists have discovered particles older than our solar system in a sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft. The ...

Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar system — and also as a key to possibly understanding the origins of life.

One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted with dust, forming the minerals that now make up about 80% of Bennu. Certain ...