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A few ounces of rock and dust retrieved from the distant asteroid Bennu show evidence of the building blocks of life.
"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...
Bennu’s parent asteroid likely broke apart 1 to 2 billion years ago, and some of the fragments came together to form the rubble pile we know as Bennu.
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.
Water-bearing clays found in rocks from the asteroid Bennu support theories about how water may have made it to Earth in the distant past.
But why was asteroid Bennu chosen for such an important mission? Here is everything we know about the asteroid that could hold clues into the origin of our solar system.
NASA’s first asteroid sample is the most pristine sample of its kind. Now, back on Earth, the sample from asteroid Bennu has already delivered surprising findings about the early solar system ...
A new study reveals that there is a 1 in 2700 chance that the asteroid Bennu will collide with Earth 300 years from now.
Scientists said they got more material than expected from the Osiris-Rex mission during its seven-year journey to the asteroid Bennu.
Scientists are working hard to analyze samples of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, with early results suggesting it may even be a chunk of an ancient water world.
The capsule containing pieces from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, separated from OSIRIS-REx, parachuted into Utah's West Desert on Sunday morning.