"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Bennu is a fragile type of asteroid that cannot maintain its shape after falling to Earth. That's why I think it hasn't been included in the research so far.' According to the paper, Glavin and ...

It came from outer space and its oval shape resembled what we imagine a ... pristine rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and brought to Earth.

OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Regolith Explorer) has been in space almost 10 years, and it has already returned bits of another asteroid named Bennu ... to ...

Our scientists use world-class telescopes to study planetary motion and how gravitational forces shape planetary systems, deepening our understanding of the universe’s structure. Our scientists ...

Exploring the Universe’s True Shape: New Study Proposes Challenges to the Cosmological ... and the deeper history of the Bureau’s involvement in UAP investigations. Could a Bennu-Sized Asteroid Wipe ...

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a collision is not likely.