Learn how rock and dust samples are shedding light on the origins of Asteroid Bennu and the history of the early Solar System ...

A groundbreaking study recently published in the Planetary Science Journalhas raised the possibility that asteroids Bennu, ...

Known as 101955 Bennu – or simply Bennu – the asteroid, discovered in September 1999 is the size of five football fields and weighs approximately 79billion kg – 1,664 times as heavy as the ...

The past 4.5 billion years have been an incredibly lonely period for the asteroid 101955 Bennu. A gigantic impact in the early days of the solar system smashed an ancient cosmic rock to pieces ...

Observations of asteroid (101955) Bennu with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reveal an unexpected surficial diversity that poses a challenge to the success of the sample-return mission.

NASA's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu—which may be on collision course with the Earth—after traveling for just over two years since its launch in September ...

If you plan to visit asteroid (101955) Bennu, you'll need a new map. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) and NASA have decided that ...

NASA would be attempting to land the spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, to the carbonaceous rock, Asteroid 101955, also known as "Bennu," on Tuesday, October 20, around 3:12 in the afternoon, Pacific Time (PT).

By Keith Cowing September 16, 2014 Filed under asteroid (101955) Bennu, Asteroids, astro-ph.EP asteroid (101955) Bennu astro-ph.EP The Design Reference Asteroid (DRA) is a compilation of all that ...

Journal Reference: V. E. Hamilton et al. Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu. Nature Astronomy, 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0722-2 ...

Known as 101955 Bennu – or simply Bennu – the asteroid, discovered in September 1999 is the size of five football fields and weighs approximately 79billion kg – 1,664 times as heavy as the ...