Learn how rock and dust samples are shedding light on the origins of Asteroid Bennu and the history of the early Solar System ...

A groundbreaking study recently published in the Planetary Science Journalhas raised the possibility that asteroids Bennu, ...

More information: JWST spectroscopy of (142) Polana: Connection to NEAs (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu", The Planetary Science Journal (2025). DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ade395 ...

An eight-second thruster burn on Dec. 31 placed the spacecraft in orbit around 101955 Bennu, which drifts through the solar system's asteroid belt between the Earth and Mars.

Known as 101955 Bennu – or simply Bennu – the asteroid, discovered in September 1999 is the size of five football fields and weighs approximately 79billion kg – 1,664 times as heavy as the ...

Asteroid 101955 Bennu – or simply Bennu – has a relatively high chance of crashing into Earth in 2135. At an estimated 500 metres in length, the mega rock would be unlikely to end life on ...

The particles from Bennu are a sample obtained by OSIRIS-Rex, a spacecraft of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

NASA will announce new science results from its first-ever asteroid sample return mission in a live teleconference today (March 19) at 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT). Listen live here!

If you plan to visit asteroid (101955) Bennu, you'll need a new map. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) and NASA have decided that ...

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) has the mission of studying asteroid 101955 Bennu.