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 ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

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 4.5-billion-year-old samples of black dust and rubble, which traveled 60 million miles from the asteroid Bennu, showed evidence of water and high carbon content, researchers said.

Bennu is a 1,600-foot-wide near-Earth asteroid that was discovered in 1999 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Project. It passes by Earth approximately every 6 years. However ...

"Asteroid Bennu may be a fragment of an ancient ocean world. That's still highly speculative. But it's the best lead I have right now to explain the origin of that material," Lauretta said.

By traveling to Bennu, NASA researchers reasoned, a probe could gather pristine material. The OSIRIS-REx probe arrived at the 1,850-foot-wide asteroid in 2020, scooped up rock and dirt, and then ...

NASA recently sent an expedition to the asteroid Bennu with the expectation that it may hit Earth in 159 years. By Matthew Rozsa. Published October 1, 2023 3:00PM (EDT) ...

NMNH in Review: How an Asteroid Sample Traveled From Outer Space to the Museum’s Mineral Hall. After a 500 million mile journey, a piece of the asteroid Bennu is now on display at the Smithsonian.

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 ...