The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

Earth could face catastrophic consequences if hit by an asteroid similar to Bennu, according to new computer simulations.

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global ...

Alaskans are pretty familiar with a variety of resources that are regularly mined in the state, but perhaps not too familiar with the idea of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) mining.

NASA's Osiris Rex spacecraft had grabbed parts of the ancient Bennu asteroid and uncovered a rich set of minerals and compounds which could show signs of life. The spacecraft collected samples ...

Pristine samples of asteroid Bennu have revealed something entirely unexpected — not only does the asteroid contain the chemical building blocks of life, but it also originated from an ancient, ...

Studies on asteroid Bennu's chemical building blocks deepens the mystery. Credit: Christoph Burgstedt / iStock / Getty Images illustration When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid ...

When the spacecraft completed its long journey home more than a year ago, NASA split up a 120-gram sample, collected in October 2020 from the asteroid Bennu, among researchers around the globe.

A portion of the asteroid Bennu sample delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, set into a microscope slide at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: Molly ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered a sample from asteroid Bennu, revealing amino acids ... rich grains in samples from the asteroid Ryugu, brought back by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered a sample from asteroid Bennu, revealing amino acids ... rich grains in samples from the asteroid Ryugu, brought back by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission.