NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that this near-Earth visitor poses no threat to our planet.

REx mission found minerals on asteroid Bennu that match California’s Searles Lake, offering clues about ancient water, ...

Interplanetary contamination risks from space missions and strategies to mitigate them, including the importance of ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

Asteroid Bennu poses a potential threat to Earth. Scientists warn that its impact could trigger a “global winter,” disrupting ...

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...

Scientists have discovered traces of organic compounds in asteroid samples brought back by NASA, a finding that could suggest ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

Earth could face catastrophic consequences if hit by an asteroid similar to Bennu, according to new computer simulations.

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...