In 2016, NASA launched the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx towards the near-earth asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft managed to make contact in 2020, collecting samples which returned in 2023. Those samples ...

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Asteroid Bennu, A rocky object located in the heart of our solar system's asteroid belt, has recently become the centre of a groundbreaking discovery for its potential to answer one of humanity's ...

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Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

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 ...

Bennu was also the target of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid and deliver it to Earth in 2023. It was chosen for this mission because it makes a close ...

Bennu, one of the largest asteroids, has been the subject of research and simulations in the event of an impact with our planet. Bennu is 500 meters wide and astronomers have predicted a one in ...

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and then brought that sample back to Earth for a landing in the Utah desert in September 2023. While the odds of Bennu impacting Earth may sound alarming, they're not entirely unexpected.