There is a chance, albeit slim, that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the Moon, creating a new crater and an explosion that might ...

It remains the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon. The two previous asteroid sample missions, by Japan, yielded considerably less material. Small amounts of Bennu's precious black grains ...

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Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

It passes by Earth every six years about 186,000 miles away, closer than the Moon. Bennu’s parent asteroid contained pockets of liquid water that evaporated, leaving behind brines of various ...

Bennu’s parent asteroid likely broke apart 1 to 2 billion years ago ... The Cassini mission measured the same mineral in plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. We also learned that these minerals, formed ...

It took a while for scientists to gain access to the samples that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took from the asteroid Bennu, but the wait is proving to be worth it. A new study published January 29 in ...

The findings from returned samples of asteroid Bennu may provide researchers insight into what happens on distant icy bodies in our solar system, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus and the dwarf ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...