Scientists plan to compare the Bennu samples with what a Japanese spacecraft, Hayabusa2, brought back from a similar asteroid, Ryugu, although scientists can already see differences. Ryugu, for ...

The target of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Bennu is a near-Earth asteroid that has a 1-in-2,700 chance of striking Earth between 2175 and 2199. Bennu has a mean diameter of 1,610 ft./490 meters.

There is a 1 in 2,700 chance the Bennu asteroid could hit Earth by 2182. By Teddy Grant. Wednesday, September 20, 2023. ... New York City New Jersey Long Island Northern Suburbs Connecticut.

This mosaic image shows the asteroid Bennu, composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on December 2, 2018 by the OSIRIS-REx ...

NASA says that asteroid Bennu could crash into planet earth in September 2182. NEW YORK -- An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals.

In October 2020, NASA’s OSRISIS-REx spacecraft made history by touching down on the asteroid Bennu and grabbing a sample of rock and debris. New analysis of this encounter has revealed the probe ...

A conversation with Dante Lauretta on life after asteroid Bennu and OSIRIS-REx. Studying this material will clarify the role that asteroids might have played in bringing life’s ingredients to Earth.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar system. These findings can now provide information into the potential ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe has spotted the asteroid Bennu flinging pieces of its own surface into space. These “particle ejection events” happen all the time, … ...

NASA says that asteroid Bennu could crash into planet earth in September 2182. NEW YORK -- An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals.