Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

Learn about the molecules and materials found in samples of asteroid Bennu, including sugars, space gum, and an abundance of ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that wiped out ...

Bennu is believed to have originated from the shards of a much larger world. Curiously, asteroid Ryugu, sampled by the ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission collected a sample from the near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 101955 Bennu, revealing its "rubble pile" structure and composition, including potential biogenic components. Bennu is ...

When NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought back its precious cargo from Asteroid Bennu, scientists expected incredible data. What ...

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Astronomers estimate that Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 chance of affecting Earth in September 2182, which equates to a 0.037% chance. The asteroid, which contains the building blocks of life according to ...