A SwRI-led study found that the rocky fragments dominating the surface asteroid Bennu are weakly bound, exhibiting near-zero cohesion, probably due to size and low gravity of the small body.

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955 Bennu after the mission returned its samples to Earth in 2023.

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...

During next month's flyby, Lucy will collect data on the asteroid's shape, surface geology and cratering ... skywatching events and more! Bennu and Ryugu are two asteroids that spacecraft have ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

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 after ...

Smithsonian and NASA scientists set out to collect an asteroid sample that may hold clues to the origins of life in our solar system.

Asteroid Bennu has a diameter of about 500m ... Results show that this "impact winter" could cause global surface temperatures to drop by up to 4°C, rainfall to decrease by 15%, and ozone ...

involved collecting samples from the asteroid Bennu. In 2023, the probe used a robotic arm to gather material from the asteroid's surface and transported it to Earth. Approximately 113 grams of ...