Scientists studying the samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have found a surprisingly intricate ...

Particles returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission contain direct evidence that liquid water once flowed ...

NASA’s study of Bennu reveals why its rocky surface behaves like sand. The answer lies in cracks deep inside its boulders.

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have uncovered a surprisingly complex chemical landscape at the tiniest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than two years ago, a robotic spacecraft dropped off a delivery of rocky samples from the surface of Bennu. The material has ...

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a Nasa planetary science mission showed the asteroid was actually more rough and jagged than previously expected. NASA's ...

New results from OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. How these asteroids ...

Learn about the surprising surface of Asteroid Bennu, loaded with boulders and cracks that have caused it to experience rapid heat loss. Recent inspections of Asteroid Bennu have revealed many ...

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

There’s certainly nothing living on the asteroid Bennu, an airless, 1,614-ft. rubble pile orbiting the sun about 40.2 million miles from Earth. But that doesn’t mean that Bennu hasn’t all at once ...

OSIRIS-REx reveals gray asteroids reflect red or blue light differently due to sulfide minerals, offering clues to rocky body evolution in the solar system. It also enables future research. By having ...