Bennu's boulders Over the last two years, OSIRIS-REx has collected enough images of Bennu to map the asteroid's surface. Variations in the color and albedo (brightness) provide insights into the ...

Bennu was discovered in 1999 and is believed to be part of a larger asteroid that collided with another space rock. It’s about one-third of a mile wide and is roughly the height of the Empire ...

Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded Story by Timothy J McCoy, Smithsonian Institution and Sara Russell ...

NASA says Bennu asteroid sample shows evidence of water, carbon 00:24. Rocks and soil collected from the asteroid Bennu and brought back to Earth last month by NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe are rich in ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu has been in an orbit that brings it near to Earth for 1.75 million years, based on a study of craters on the asteroid’s surface.

That asteroid, somewhat smaller than Bennu, didn't have many craters at all, Bierhaus said. "We think this absence of small craters has to do with the character of Bennu's surface," said Bierhaus.

A rotating mosaic of the asteroid Bennu, composed of images captured by NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft over a four-hour period on December 2, 2018.

Odds of asteroid Bennu slamming into Earth are higher than first thought — but don't panic just yet . The odds of a strike have risen from 1-in-2,700 to 1-in-1,750 over the next century or two.

At a news conference on Wednesday, NASA scientists said there was a 1-in-1,750 chance that an asteroid named Bennu, which is a bit wider than the Empire State Building is tall, could collide with ...

Bennu isn’t an asteroid that will bring about worldwide devastation. If the asteroid were to collide with Earth, it would damage the planet outward up to 600 miles away from its impact zone ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu has been in an orbit that brings it near to Earth for 1.75 million years, based on a study of craters on the asteroid’s surface.