NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

In a NASA press briefing on August 11, Farnocchia noted that this force is equal to the weight of three grapes on Earth—and that’s enough to cause Bennu to drift by about 934 feet a year.

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Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Bennu passes near Earth every six years and has had three close encounters with Earth in 1999, 2005, and 2011, experts said in the ScienceDirect study. There is a 1 in 2,700, or 0.037% chance that ...

On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, the spacecraft will fly by Earth and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest.

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An asteroid believed to be up to 700metres wide will pass relatively close to Earth within days, and is being tracked by NASA ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, seen in this artist rendering, is set to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu Tuesday, Oct. 20. UA / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.