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Back to Article List Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen Although classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid, Bennu probably won't hit Earth.

The CI chondrites and asteroid Bennu To learn about an asteroid – a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun – we started with a study of meteorites.

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.

The CI chondrites and asteroid Bennu To learn about an asteroid —a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun—we started with a study of meteorites. Asteroids like Bennu are rocky or ...

The CI chondrites and asteroid Bennu To learn about an asteroid – a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun – we started with a study of meteorites.

Molecules friendly to life have been found in samples of the asteroid Bennu, which NASA collected with a robotic probe five years ago.

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks of life to Earth.

Bennu has an orbit that intersects with Earth’s own orbital path, so a return trip is less fuel-intensive than it might be from other asteroids within our reach.

What the scientists discovered— Bennu was first discovered in 1999 and has been studied extensively so that its orbit was already one of the most well understood of all potentially hazardous ...