Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
Asteroid Bennu wasn’t what NASA expected. Instead of a smooth surface for sample collection, OSIRIS-REx encountered a chaotic ...
The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...
In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).
Studies on asteroid Bennu's chemical building blocks deepens the mystery. Credit: Christoph Burgstedt / iStock / Getty Images illustration When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid ...