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One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted with dust, forming the minerals that now make up about 80% of Bennu. Certain ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists have a much greater understanding of the near-Earth asteroid, its upcoming ...

NEW YORK -- An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First discovered in 1999, Bennu, the near-Earth asteroid, could possibly drift ...

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home.

From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could ...

Just a couple of short years ago, the world was abuzz with excitement as a human-made spacecraft was hurtling through space, bringing with it samples of a world so alien and distant that we've never ...

Companies are getting in on the ground floor of mining asteroids in space for precious minerals and important terrestrial ...

China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...