Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

The samples from Bennu also seem to be richer in volatiles than samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu by the ... nitrogen as soon as possible after its landing. Furthermore, a mobile clean room ...

A sample from Bennu will return to Earth ... On Sunday, the first asteroid sample collected in space by OSIRIS-REx will make a controlled landing on Earth, the space agency said.

Three Tucson scientists are featured in "Planetary Defenders," a new NASA documentary that premieres Wednesday about the ...

to reach Bennu. Once there, the spacecraft orbited the asteroid for nearly two years as flight engineers searched for a ...

Scientists found traces of briny water and salty minerals, similar to those on Europa and Enceladus, suggesting liquid water once flowed on Bennu. A new study suggests Bennu may have formed beyond ...

Bennu, an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, has a 1-in-2700 chance of hitting Earth in 2182. 'Moon Dust to megawatts': Wild new tech may power cities beyond Earth 'China is worried ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after ...

Fortunately, thanks to the Earth's atmosphere acting as a natural shield, instead of crash landing on the ground ... collected dust and rocks from asteroid Bennu and returned them to Earth ...