Bennu is about a third of a mile across, and the prominent boulder — nicknamed “Ben-Ben” — near the asteroid’s south pole is roughly 164 feet tall. Nov. 14 Checking the arm ...

The asteroid was named after an Egyptian deity in 2013 by a nine-year-old boy from North Carolina. Bennu is the ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation and rebirth. Why did OSIRIS-REx ...

The asteroid was named after an Egyptian deity in 2013 by a nine-year-old boy from North Carolina. Bennu is the ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation and rebirth.

It’s only been about a week since NASA successfully inserted its OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe into orbit around the large space rock known as Bennu, after … ...

The seven-year Osiris-Rex mission ended on Sunday with the return of regolith from the asteroid Bennu, which might hold clues about the origins of our solar system and life.

Although grainy and pixelated, they start to paint a picture of this tiny asteroid. LAURETTA: We were able to map its shape and its rotation, ... Near the north pole of Bennu, ...

Now, at about 11.8 miles (19 kilometers) from Bennu's Sun-facing surface, OSIRIS-REx will begin a preliminary survey of the asteroid. The spacecraft will commence flyovers of Bennu's north pole ...

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced on Wednesday.

Data from the asteroid ‘101955 Bennu’ --- the prime science target for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission --- reveal ubiquitous amounts of water locked inside clays, the mission’s science team ...

And since Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth about 200 years from now, researchers figure it would be good to glean insights about the asteroid’s fate — and how it might ...

Within the first month, OSIRIS-REx will perform flybys of Bennu's north pole, equator and south pole, dipping from between 19 to seven kilometres from the surface. This will give researchers a much ...

Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid with a cumulative 1-in-2,700 chance of impacting Earth between the ... the spacecraft will reach the asteroid and will spend a month or so orbiting its north pole.