Nearly two years after launch, the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission caught its first glimpse of the asteroid Bennu on Aug. 17 from 1.4 million miles away. The asteroid appeared as a ...

For those wondering, Bennu is the name of an asteroid that could hit the Earth on September 24, 2182. It's unlikely to crash on the planet, but there's a one in 2,700 chance of it happening.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Nearly 1,000 employees have accepted resignation offers, according to NASA late Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. space agency.