NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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.

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have fine-tuned the path of the asteroid Bennu and say the odds of it smacking into Earth are higher than previously thought but still quite low.

The spacecraft’s sample container kept the Bennu sample airtight, so these evaporites stayed intact. These results suggest that the asteroid used to be wet and muddy.

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

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 ...

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.

A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest.

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