Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

Life on Earth relies on molecular building blocks to make DNA and proteins. Scientists have long wondered how prevalent these precursors were at the birth of our solar system. A sample of dust and ...

The unfavorable climate conditions would inhibit plant growth on land and in the ocean, they said. After examining just 0.06% of a 120-gram material sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its ... inhibit plant growth on land and in the ocean, they said. "In contrast to the rapid reduction and ...

They offer a glimpse into environments where organic molecules could interact and become more complex. A window into the early Solar System Bennu, a B-type asteroid, is considered a relic of the early ...

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(AP) — Asteroid samples ... Earth.” Bennu — a rubble pile just one-third of a mile (one-half of a kilometer) across — was originally part of a much larger asteroid that got clobbered ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose. The internet erupted in controversy over ...

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