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Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar ...

In a science lab on the fourth floor of UTSA's Multidisciplinary Studies Building, UTSA students engage in meticulous ...

In May 2021, OSIRIS-REx began its journey back to Earth carrying dust from Bennu - a rubble-pile asteroid older than Earth ...

New research on a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu — a small portion of which should arrive in Canada soon — is ...

One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted with dust, forming the minerals that now make up about 80% of Bennu. Certain ...

NASA planetary defence experts simulate catastrophic asteroid impact scenarios with a 72% Earth strike probability, as ESA's ...

Tom Zega, a University of Arizona scientist who's worked on samples brought back from the asteroid Bennu, tells The Show more.

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which formed long before the sun even existed. "It's very fascinating to see ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected Bennu’s samples in 2020 during a swift touch-and-go. The material contains ancient stardust, interstellar organic matter, and minerals formed from melted ice ...

A new study reveals that asteroid Ryugu once had liquid water. This challenges old beliefs about asteroids. Scientists ...