In May 2021, OSIRIS-REx began its journey back to Earth carrying dust from Bennu - a rubble-pile asteroid older than Earth ...

Our solar system is filled with rocky debris tumbling around the sun, most of which is the same age, but the asteroid Bennu ...

Scientists spotted these locations by looking at isotopes, or element types, in the sample of Bennu's dust. Isotopes that originated ... "We can use them to examine the origin of our solar system, and ...

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...

The third interstellar object ever observed is in our neighborhood—for now. And, asteroid Bennu could contain dust from ...

The evolution of Ryugu. Diagram to show how the researchers think the evolution of Ryugu played out over at least a billion ...

Have you ever thought about a career in space science? Dr Helena Bates shares what it’s like to be a researcher of meteorites and gives advice on getting into this profession.

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which ...

"Bennu is a time capsule of the material that was throughout the solar system." Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of ...

The ambitious mission to retrieve samples from asteroid Bennu and return them to Earth is paying off. Just as scientists had hoped, the asteroid is revealing details about the early days of our solar ...

The latest research on asteroid Bennu has revealed its heterogeneous origin and a parent world with flowing water, adding to the evidence that this small and somewhat dangerous rock is extremely ...

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