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Bennu may have come from an ancient ocean world, analysis suggests
Feb 11, 2024Scientists have started analyzing the material samples returned to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
Building blocks of life found in OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
Oct 13, 2023An initial analysis of the sample collected from the asteroid Bennu has yielded some promising results.
NASA's Osiris-Rex capsule returns to Earth with asteroid samples
Sep 26, 2023The spacecraft touched down in the Utah desert after a seven-year journey to and from the asteroid Bennu.
NASA reveals revised risk of Bennu collision
Aug 12, 2021At a news conference yesterday, the space agency revealed how likely it is that the asteroid will hit us.
Osiris-Rex heads for home with Bennu samples
May 11, 2021NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft is now on its way back to Earth with samples collected from the asteroid Bennu.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx touches down on asteroid
Oct 21, 2020The space probe has successfully pulled off an ambitious landing maneuver on an asteroid 200 million miles away.
Asteroid Bennu may have had flowing water
Oct 10, 2020The larger space rock from which Bennu was formed may have once had water flowing across its surface.
Assyrians blamed demon 'Bennu' for epilepsy
Jan 5, 2020A clay tablet has been found to depict a demon that the ancient Assyrians believed was responsible for seizures.
Bennu is spewing dust particles in to space
Mar 21, 2019Scientists at NASA have revealed that there is a lot more to this unassuming space rock than meets the eye.
First close-up snaps of asteroid Bennu released
Jan 30, 2019NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has captured detailed images of the potentially hazardous asteroid.
Evidence of water found on asteroid Bennu
VIDEO Dec 11, 2018NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe seems to have hit the jackpot within a week of arriving at its destination.
OSIRIS-REx probe arrives at asteroid Bennu
VIDEO Dec 3, 2018A NASA probe that launched back in 2016 has drawn up alongside an asteroid that could one day strike Earth.
Could paint save us from a doomsday asteroid?
Mar 22, 2018Rather than ramming or nuking a large space rock, scientists have suggested simply covering it in paint.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission launches
Sep 11, 2016The $1 billion space probe is set to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to the Earth.
NASA fears large asteroid could hit the Earth
Aug 1, 2016A huge space rock almost half a mile wide has the potential to hit our planet within the next 200 years.
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