The list of amazing features to talk about here is seriously extensive, and one quick look at this thing makes it perfectly ...

SAN ANTONIO — April 15, 2025 —The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025 ...

The family originated in the inner main belt not very far from the source regions of near-Earth asteroids (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu, recently visited respectively by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx ...

Most recently, researchers have started analyzing materials returned from asteroid 101955 Bennu, and presented their initial findings at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands ...

For instance, the asteroids (162173) Ryugu and (101955) Bennu have an oblate spheroidal shape with a pronounced equator, but contain different surface hydration levels.

Farnocchia, Davide, et al. “Ephemeris and Hazard Assessment for Near-Earth Asteroid (101955) Bennu Based on OSIRIS-REx Data.” Icarus, vol. 369, Nov. 2021, p. 114594.

Each asteroid is a world of its own. But what we learn from OSIRIS’ samples of Bennu and its observations of Apophis will help shape how we respond to a potential Earth-impactor.

Bennu averages an orbit of about 105 million miles from the Sun, and completes its orbit every 1.2 years. The asteroid was about 200 million miles (322 million kilometers) away when OSIRIS-REx got ...

Officially designated 101955 Bennu, the space rock was selected as a destination of NASA's first ever asteroid sample collection mission, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...