Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

Bennu is a relatively small near-Earth asteroid that makes a close pass to Earth every six years or so. Scientists believe the space rock may have ... step in proving out our ability to defend ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

A portion of the asteroid Bennu ... of rock and dust and, after several years of travel, delivered those samples back to Earth. Since then, researchers around the world have been analyzing tiny bits ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were ... the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, according ...

Small amounts of Bennu’s precious black grains — leftovers from the solar system's formation 4.5 billion years ago — were doled out ... asteroid that got clobbered by other space rocks.

(WBAY) - NASA announced more findings from the soil samples that collected by OSIRIS-REx from the asteroid Bennu in 2021 ... they found 14 out of 20 key building blocks for life -- at least ...

to reach Bennu. Once there, the spacecraft orbited the asteroid for nearly two years as flight engineers searched for a landing site. Upon making contact with the space rock, OSIRIS-REx fired a ...

Small amounts of Bennu’s precious black grains — leftovers from the solar system's formation 4.5 billion years ago — were doled out ... asteroid that got clobbered by other space rocks.