NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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An asteroid believed to be up to 700metres wide will pass relatively close to Earth within days, and is being tracked by NASA ...

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

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What was the most surprising or unexpected thing that happened as the mission unfolded? There are so many. I call Bennu the “trickster asteroid” because it constantly surprised us and challenged us.

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

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The asteroid appeared as a speck of light to the spacecraft’s UA-built PolyCam camera, but Bennu will seem to grow now that OSIRIS-REx has begun the approach phase of the mission.

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