Asteroid Bennu Came From an Unexpected Corner of the Solar System
Six years after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached out and snagged a sample from the asteroid Bennu, scientists may…
Asteroid Bennu may have formed much closer to the Sun than scientists thought
Isotope measurements from asteroid Bennu closely match those of asteroid Ryugu and rare CI carbonaceous chondrites, suggesting all…
Quantifying Surface Heterogeneity Across Asteroid (101955) Bennu using Candidate Site Remote Sensing Data
Locations of the four candidate sites across a 2D map projection of Bennu’s surface captured by the OSIRIS-REx…
Asteroid Bennu’s Minerals and Organic Matter Occur in Distinct Chemical Domains: Study
A new nanoscale analysis of the Bennu sample OREX-800066-3 returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shows that organic compounds…
Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries – NASA
These X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans released on March 17, 2026, give us a glimpse inside asteroid Bennu.…
Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why
In one of the biggest surprises of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be…
Scientists Think Asteroids May Have Provided the Ingredients for Life on Earth
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” For life to…
Scientists Find Presolar Stardust in Samples from Asteroid Bennu
Researchers have detected an unexpectedly high abundance of presolar grains — dust from stellar explosions predating our Solar…
In 4 years, 2 billion people will be able to witness a unique phenomenon in the sky
Space is both an exciting and mysterious place, and it is important to know that many celestial objects…