Bennu also contains all five amino acids that make up terrestrial genetic material. The NASA mission with the Osiris-Rex probe , which collected samples on Bennu and dropped them over the Earth in ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.

Bennu is also expected to pass closer to Earth than the moon in 2135 and if it does, our planet's gravitational pull could put it on the path to striking Earth on September 24, 2182.

Van de gevaarlijke objecten die we al kunnen inschatten, zijn de ogen gericht op de enorme ruimtesteen Bennu. Bij deze koolstofhoudende planetoïde is de kans 1 op 2700 dat de aarde wordt geraakt ...

A sample from asteroid Bennu contains organic compounds usually found at midocean ridges on Earth, suggesting Bennu may have been part of an ancient ocean world.

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 ...

The mission, which launched on Sept. 8, 2016, targeting the primordial asteroid Bennu, believed to have remained largely unchanged since the solar system's formation 4.6 billion years ago.

Staal van asteroïde Bennu slaat wetenschappers met verstomming: “Dit hebben we nog nooit eerder gezien” De eerste analyse van het gesteente en stof dat de ruimtesonde OSIRIS-REx van NASA in ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 km) away. It might come even ...

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 ...

Asteroïde Bennu blijkt belangrijke bouwstenen van leven te bevatten Dat heeft de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA gezegd, die in het Johnson Space Centre beelden toonde van monsters die ...

Onderzoekers hebben de precieze datum bepaald waarop een asteroïde mogelijk de aarde zou kunnen inslaan, met een kracht die gelijk is aan die van 22 atoombommen. Dit hemellichaam, genaamd Bennu ...