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

Scientists said they got more material than expected from the Osiris-Rex mission during its seven-year journey to the asteroid Bennu.

A few ounces of rock and dust retrieved from the distant asteroid Bennu show evidence of the building blocks of life.

According to a study published recently in Science Advances, there is a 0.037% chance that a medium-size asteroid could ...

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 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.

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.

Space & Spaceflight Bennu Asteroid Samples Expected to ‘Fundamentally’ Shift Our Perspective on Cosmic Life If NASA ever manages to pry open the sample canister, that is.

The nation's first-ever asteroid samples were shown off at NASA's Johnson Space Center on Wednesday.

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 ...

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.

On Wednesday, OSIRIS-REx had one last close encounter with Bennu. The craft's observations could reveal the origins of life — and protect life's future.