Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...

NASA says that asteroid Bennu could crash into planet earth in September 2182. NEW YORK -- An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals.

The seismic signature of a fireball meteoroid event can be used to tell whether the fireball fragmented or remained intact as ...

On September 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx capsule brought rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu to Earth, a triumph for which Lauretta had devoted 16 years of his life.

After dropping the capsule containing the Bennu sample back on Earth, the OSIRIS-REx craft was left to finish its orbit around the sun. Due to an extra bit of fuel and luck, the renamed Origins, ...

Unlike the metal-rich asteroids mentioned above, Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid, which means it’s packed with organic compounds and water-bearing minerals. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission explored Bennu ...

The little black fragment came from the near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. NASA launched a mission in 2016 to retrieve samples of the asteroid and brought them back two years ago.

Some scientists predict that Earth got its ingredients for life from a collision with an asteroid like Bennu. 4. Looking ahead: Asteroid mining ...

The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating efforts to study the object during this the once-in-a-lifetime experience.