The seven-year Osiris-Rex mission ended on Sunday with the return of regolith from the asteroid Bennu, which might hold clues about the origins of our solar system and life. transcript NASA ...

NASA mission to asteroid returning to Earth with a sample 05:53. A small saucer-shape capsule carrying a half-pound of rocks and dust collected from an asteroid called Bennu — leftovers from the ...

OSIRIS-REx was one of NASA’s most impressive successes in years. In 2020, it successfully touched down on a near-Earth ...

The asteroid Bennu, as imaged by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Bennu is a B-type asteroid that measures about 1,500 feet across and orbits the sun at an average distance of 105 million miles.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return capsule and its parachute are seen by recovery teams from a helicopter after its successful landing in Utah on Sept. 24, 2023. (Image credit: NASA) ...

Watch: NASA's OSIRIS-REx returns to Earth from the asteroid Bennu What is Bennu? First discovered in 1999, Bennu is believed to be part of a larger asteroid that collided with another space rock ...

A new book tells the story of the mastermind who directed NASA’s daring OSIRIS-REx ... was responsible for selecting the landing site. Ultimately, you chose a site called Nightingale in a northern ...

Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid that was studied by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from 2018 to 2021.

Asteroid Bennu presented NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team with unexpected challenges, making it one of the trickiest missions to date. Discover how NASA’s mission planners adapted and what secrets Bennu ...

Bennu’s landscape has also given NASA some nasty surprises. Prior to OSIRIS-REx’s launch, researchers expected the asteroid to have smooth, fine-grained “sandy beaches” on its surface.

NASA scientists studying rocks from asteroid Bennu found a perplexing mix of amino acids that deepens a molecular mystery on Earth. Digital Culture Tech Science Life Social Good Entertainment ...