Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

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Analyses of rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu collected and brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show the presence of abundant mineral salts and amino acids revealing unknown ...

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...

Bennu is a potentially hazardous asteroid that has a 1-in-2,700 chance of striking ... To avoid contamination, the sample container was taken to a clean room before being opened. The researchers ...

Scientists recently discovered that San Bernardino County's Searles Lake contains minerals found in outer space.

Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182.

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

The asteroid Bennu is a celestial body with an average diameter of about 560 meters that was discovered in 1999. It is said that it will approach Earth many times over the course of about 200 ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered. The IBS Center for Climate Physics ...