NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

Bennu was discovered in 1999 and is believed to be part of a larger asteroid that collided with another space rock. It’s about one-third of a mile wide and is roughly the height of the Empire ...

The asteroid Bennu is one of the most likely objects to collide with Earth – and a time capsule from the Solar System's early days. Nasa's Osiris-Rex mission has captured it in never-before-seen ...

NASA's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx reached asteroid Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018. After surveying Bennu, ... The 1,600-foot diameter space rock, about the height of the Empire State Building, ...

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 ...

For now, though, there are plenty of pieces that were caught outside the canister, including a massive 3.5-centimeter-long rock, the biggest collected at Bennu thus far. Tech. Entertainment. Science.

Bennu is classified as a “potentially hazardous asteroid,” meaning the object is more than 460 feet (140 meters) wide and could theoretically come within 4.65 million miles of Earth.

When the OSIRIS-REx probe arrived at asteroid Bennu, it found a body that looked and behaved quite differently from what scientists had expected.

On Bennu, the sun rises every 4.3 Earth days and creates daytime temperatures that can be as high as around 260 degrees Fahrenheit (about 127 Celsius). At night, however, ...

Asteroid Bennu is a 4.5-billion-year-old remnant of our early solar system and scientists believe it can help shed light on how planets formed and evolved.. Experts say the carbon-rich, near-Earth ...