The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will unveil the first public display of a sample of Bennu—a carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid—to museumgoers Friday, Nov. 3. The rocky fragment was ...

A sizable crowd turned out to see a small rock as the Smithsonian debuted the first display of a piece of the asteroid Bennu from the sample recently brought back by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

NMNH in Review: How an Asteroid Sample Traveled From Outer Space to the Museum’s Mineral Hall. After a 500 million mile journey, a piece of the asteroid Bennu is now on display at the Smithsonian.

Asteroid Bennu particles coat the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister. One of these small fragments, or one like them, is headed for public display at the Smithsonian on Nov. 3.

Bennu itself, weedy and safe as it might look in a glass case, is a potentially hazardous asteroid, with about a one in 1,750 chance of hitting Earth by the year 2300.

In 2018, the OSIRIS-REx mission arrived at the near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect pristine samples, untouched by alterations induced by Earth's atmosphere, to be analyzed on Earth.

Pieces of Asteroid Bennu Land at the Smithsonian After 200 Million Mile Voyage The museum will unveil the first public display of the OSIRIS-REx mission samples on November 3.

The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan from NASA, won't be on display for visitors, ... In 2018, it arrived at Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Sears Tower is tall.

Your Wednesday afternoon news roundup (11/1/2023) 02:13 BALTIMORE -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will open the first public display of the Bennu asteroid sample on November 3.

A sample of Asteroid Bennu is put on public display for the first time at the Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2023.

T he Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan from NASA, won't be on display for visitors, but will give scientists ...