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 ...

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

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

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu ... out a proof-of-principle planetary defense mission by using its robotic DART spacecraft to change the trajectory of the asteroid ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned triumphantly to Earth in 2023 after collecting 4.3 ounces (121.6 grams) of precious grains of dust and rock from the asteroid ... out that the majority of the ...

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 ...

Of the thousands of space rocks whizzing through the ... Unlike the Chicxulub asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, a collision with Bennu wouldn't necessarily trigger a mass extinction event.

The rocky object called Bennu is ... in 2022 carried out a proof-of-principle planetary defense mission by using its robotic DART spacecraft to change the trajectory of the asteroid Dimorphos ...