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The spacecraft grabbed so much of the asteroid Bennu, its sample-collection device got jammed. Now the material is safe and sound. A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the ...

In May 2021, OSIRIS-REx began its journey back to Earth carrying dust from Bennu - a rubble-pile asteroid older than Earth itself. When the capsule was opened in 2023, scientists were stunned by ...

Scientists studying the sample collected in 2023 from asteroid Bennu have ... Researchers describe the early solar system as “teeming with the potential for life,” with the big open question ...

After a seven-year journey and an intricate retrieval process, NASA finally opened the Bennu asteroid sample container in late 2023, unveiling materials that could reshape our understanding of ...

NASA finally opened the capsule containing samples of asteroid Bennu, allowing scientists the ability to analyze the 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid.

We now know exactly how much material OSIRIS-REx captured from its target asteroid Bennu — and, it's a lot. In addition to the 2.48 ounces (70.3 grams) of sample already collected from the ...