The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

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

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth.

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it flew past Earth, which was then recovered in the desert of the U.S. state of ...

The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. This backs up an old hypothesis that the building blocks of ...

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

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has provided groundbreaking insights into the early solar system and the potential origins of life.

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...