Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

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

The asteroid Bennu, which is made of rock and is about 500 meters wide, makes its closest pass to Earth every six years. Currently sitting safely at a distance, it has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting ...

While much of the excitement has revolved around what the space rock can reveal about the origins of life, a new study has introduced a far more unsettling possibility—Bennu could eventually ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

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

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Sciencecategory· January 29, 2025 Building blocks of life found in samples from asteroid Bennu Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical ...

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

For instance, NASA's robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft journeyed to an asteroid named Bennu and in 2020 collected samples of rock and dust that, according to a study published in January, bore some of ...