NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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Any surprises with the sample so far? In 2020, we wrote a paper about big white veins — like a meter long, 10 centimeters thick — on the rocks and boulders of Bennu.

But even before these samples are analysed, Bennu has already been surprising scientists. Its surface, for example, was found to be strewn with large boulders over ten metres in size, whilst ...

A space rock is making big news this weekend. And it could make even bigger news next century. Potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the subject of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission that's set ...

How big is asteroid Bennu? Bennu is a little more than 1,600 feet wide, or about as long as the Empire State Building is tall.

Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher Date: July 11, 2022 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder Summary: When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu, scientists ...

Asteroid Bennu nearly swallowed the OSIRIS-REx probe when it touched down on the rock to collect a sample, revealing that the space rock's nature was much different than scientists had thought.

Asteroid Bennu's boulder-covered surface gives it protection against small meteoroid impacts, according to observations of craters by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...

Asteroid Bennu’s boulder-covered surface gives it protection against small meteoroid impacts, according to observations of craters by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation ...

Science Asteroid Bennu has 1 in 1,750 chance of smashing into Earth, NASA says But "we shouldn't be worried about it very much." Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011.

At the sample collection point, there is a depression with several large boulders seen near the bottom of the image. NASA says it appears that those boulders were exposed by the sampling event.