Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

Secured inside that delivery was over 120 grams of material collected directly from 101955 Bennu, a large near-Earth asteroid that NASA ... Instead, it is loose collection of boulders, rocks, and ...

The researchers believe that pockets or veins of water flowed beneath the surface of Bennu’s parent asteroid, which was probably similar to a big ball of mud in the early days of the solar ...

While the odds of Bennu impacting Earth may sound alarming ... an impact between a medium-sized asteroid and Earth could cause regional to large-scale devastation," wrote Timmermann and his ...

"But large amounts of ejecta from the impact would have more long-term effects on Earth's climate and could affect human society around the globe." Bennu is significantly smaller than the 6-mile ...

Exploring the Asteroid Bennu: Will it ever hit Earth ... At some point, we will see a big enough asteroid to make us worry- we will then have to figure out a way to deflect it.” The CU Boulder Retired ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth ... It would also leave a large crater and eject debris upward. Ecosystems would spend years reckoning with the impact of large quantities of ...

the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent over two years making observations around Bennu. From that two years of work, researchers learned that the surface of the asteroid is covered in rocky boulders.

WASHINGTON — The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth ... the researchers said. Large quantities of aerosols and gases would reach the upper atmosphere, causing years-long ...