One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...

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

An impact from Bennu would be very destructive, but Earth has seen worse. Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid that was roughly 6 miles wide (10 kilometers across) struck Earth, killing most ...

A pair of studies published in January 2025 detailed how NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft traveled to Bennu, a small asteroid ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu. CNN values your feedback 1.

There is a 1 in 2,700 chance the Bennu asteroid could hit Earth by 2182. An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First ...

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 ...

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has proposed a new, relatively cheaper plan that could save NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...

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.

If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would ...