NASA is constantly researching and discovering more about space. In 2023, the space agency made some big leaps in space ...

Studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA reveals never seen ... should never have left harbor Map Shows US Cities Russia Would ...

After trying for a long time, NASA's on team finally opened the container holding Asteroid Bennu samples. Scientists worldwide can access them now. Asteroid Bennu is back in the news again and ...

Not long after the sun emerged, worlds began to coalesce around it under gravity’s influence, including Bennu’s unknown parent body. Bennu may exist as a midsize asteroid in a near-Earth orbit ...

Now, NASA’s first asteroid Bennu analysis has finally been completed, giving us a glimpse into the iconic asteroid (via LiveScience). Bennu has already surprised scientists a number of times ...

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A few years ago, NASA confirmed that the asteroid this spacecraft is chasing now, called Apophis, won’t hit Earth in 2029, nor in 2068, and will fly past us safely in both instances. But Bennu ...

Bennu samples are now on public display in Texas, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has since embarked on a new mission to study the asteroid Apophis and has been renamed ...

By Laura Baisas | Published Mar 20, 2024 10:00 AM EDT The asteroid Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission ... like the recently sampled asteroid Bennu–composition due to its collision ...

In the fall, a NASA spacecraft named OSIRIS-REx dropped a capsule containing more than 120 grams of space dust into the Utah desert. That material came from Bennu, an asteroid that, a billion ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission on asteroid Bennu unveils crucial findings, including the presence of carbon and water, essential for life. The mission exceeded expectations by collecting abundant ...

In September of 2022, NASA’s DART mission smashed into the astroid Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour to test the effects of asteroid deflection. Although the mission was a success, scientists ...