Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has unveiled surprising insights into the early solar system and the potential origins of life on Earth.

The Nadir asteroid was about the size of Bennu, which is currently the most hazardous object orbiting near Earth. Scientists say the most probable date that Bennu could hit Earth is 24 September ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has uncovered six new facts about Asteroid Bennu ahead of its snatch and grab on October 20. The uneven gravity around the asteroid ...

a NASA spacecraft successfully brushed the surface of an ancient asteroid to collect samples and return them to Earth. WSJ’s Robert Lee Hotz explains how Osiris-REx’s mission to Bennu could ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent seven years in space visiting a near-Earth asteroid and collecting various samples. "Like almost all asteroids, [the Bennu specimen] dates from the formation of the ...

In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the Osiris-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu to study the rocky space object and collect samples to return to ...

This fragment, little more than 1mm across, is packed full of information waiting to be extracted Fragments from the asteroid US space ... from the object known as Bennu will be subjected to ...

NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS ...

Bennu's dust is rich in carbon ... distinguishing it from similar findings in other asteroid samples. Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for OSIRIS-REx, noted that the presence and state ...