Bennu’s parent asteroid likely broke apart 1 to 2 billion years ago, and some of the fragments came together to form the ...

Bennu’s parent body formed 4.5 billion years ago and once contained pockets of liquid water. As the water evaporated, brines ...

A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, both vital materials for the formation of our planet, NASA has revealed. The sample is being ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx dropped off the Bennu asteroid sample last month. Scientists discovered the rocky surface contains carbon and evidence of water.

The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of carbon, said NASA administrator Bill Nelson, which suggests that asteroids like Bennu may have delivered the building blocks of life to Earth ...

A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, both vital materials for the formation of our planet, Nasa revealed on Wednesday.

When the OSIRIS-REx mission touched down in Utah with a sample from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, Bennu, scientists who opened the hatch gave an audible gasp when they saw what was inside.

The 4.5-billion-year-old samples of black dust and rubble, which traveled 60 million miles from the asteroid Bennu, showed evidence of water and high carbon content, researchers said.

Asteroid Bennu is the space rock with the highest known probability of hitting Earth in the next 200 years. NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will help us protect ourselves.

Bennu is defined as a carbonaceous chondrite (C-type) asteroid, a group that makes up around 75 per cent of all known asteroids in the solar system – more than any other type.

A sample of rock and dust retrieved from the asteroid Bennu contains water and carbon molecules, both building blocks for life as we know it, NASA chief Bill Nelson said Wednesday.