A team of US astronomers has carried out one of the deepest analyses to date of a sample from the asteroid Bennu, revealing ...

Several new studies on a near-Earth asteroid are offering fresh clues about the early solar system. Samples from the asteroid, named Bennu, were delivered to Earth by NASA’S OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in ...

Scientists studying the samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have found a surprisingly intricate ...

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a Nasa planetary science mission showed the asteroid was actually more rough and jagged than previously expected. NASA's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system. Scientists have been ...

Particles returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission contain direct evidence that liquid water once flowed ...

These are X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples. Credits: NASA/Scott Eckley To test ...

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system. Scientists have been studying the samples since NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft carried them back to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a Nasa planetary science mission showed the asteroid ...