The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

By Sage Rohrbach A mosaic image of the Bennu Asteriod, created using pictures from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite that was near the asteroid for over two years. Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia ...

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Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.

This mineral-rich asteroid might have carried the seeds of life. Planetary scientists have discovered organic matter ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu were first brought to Earth in 2023. Now, NASA has published its key findings revealing that the cosmic traveler is carrying many of the key components for life.

The building blocks for organic matter have been discovered on the asteroid Bennu, as deatiled in a new study in the journal Nature Astronomy. The research gives new insight into how life originated ...

Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the ...

WASHINGTON – NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining a sample taken from the asteroid Bennu, which sheds light on how widely the building blocks of life exist in the universe. Launched in ...

Rock samples from the asteroid Bennu inspire scientists. Analyses show that the asteroid not only has minerals that are necessary for life as it exists on Earth. Bennu also contains all five amino ...

It was found to contain over 51 grams. NASA's Osiris-Rex probe has brought a total of 121.6 grams of material from the asteroid Bennu to Earth, more than twice as much as planned. This has now ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.