Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

Astronomers estimate that Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 chance of affecting ... to recent studies of samples returned to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, is a medium-size space rock reaching about ...

Scientists have confirmed the presence of organic molecules on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, opening the ... That is, according to NASA's Nicky Fox, our textbooks on the origins ...

In 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission reached asteroid 101955 Bennu. Two years later, the spacecraft snagged a sample of its surface, which has since been returned to Earth. Now, astronomers are ...

A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...

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New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...

Join Coralie Adam and Renae Kerrigan for a space exploration discussion, available via Zoom and in-person at Jacksonville ...