In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

Learn about the surprising surface of Asteroid Bennu, loaded with boulders and cracks that have caused it to experience rapid ...

Tiny bits of asteroid Bennu that landed in Houston are doing a lot more than sitting in a display case. Scientists at NASA’s ...

NASA’s study of Bennu reveals why its rocky surface behaves like sand. The answer lies in cracks deep inside its boulders.

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a NASA planetary science mission showed the ...

NASA scientists say they have finally pinned down why asteroid Bennu looks so jagged and chaotic up close. Images and ...

NASA explains why asteroid Bennu appeared different than expected, as OSIRIS REx data and lab analysis reveal cracked rocks ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the ...

NASA has used advanced imaging techniques to peer inside samples of asteroid Bennu, discovering extensive networks of cracks ...

Bennu looked far different up close than scientists expected, and that mismatch led to a deeper investigation into how asteroid surfaces behave. What researchers found in returned samples helped ...

The Bennu's newly found rugged surface, after additional testing, could rewrite what we know about ancient asteroids.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission faced an unexpected challenge when its target, asteroid Bennu, revealed a rugged landscape filled ...