Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid that was studied by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from 2018 to 2021.

A space rock is making big news this weekend. And it could make even bigger news next century. Potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the subject of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission that's set ...

But even before these samples are analysed, Bennu has already been surprising scientists. Its surface, for example, was found to be strewn with large boulders over ten metres in size, whilst ...

Asteroid Bennu nearly swallowed the OSIRIS-REx probe when it touched down on the rock to collect a sample, revealing that the space rock's nature was much different than scientists had thought.

Asteroid Bennu nearly swallowed the OSIRIS-REx probe when it touched down on the rock to collect a sample, revealing that the space rock's nature was much different than scientists had thought.

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When scientists first observed the asteroid Bennu up close in 2018, they were shocked to find that its surface was covered with sizeable boulders. From Earth, Bennu appeared smooth.

How big is asteroid Bennu? Bennu is a little more than 1,600 feet wide, or about as long as the Empire State Building is tall. For a sense of scale, the world-renowned skyscraper looms more than ...

Small asteroid, big asteroid. To do that, the researchers, including former CU Boulder undergraduate students Anthony Carroll and Noah Hood, ran a series of calculations examining the physics of ...

In 2020, we wrote a paper about big white veins — like a meter long, 10 centimeters thick — on the rocks and boulders of Bennu. We thought those were carbonates that formed in water, which is ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 km) away. It might come even ...