Scientists have confirmed the presence of organic molecules on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, opening the door to the possibility that life on Earth arose from cosmic origins.

To learn about an asteroid – a rocky or metallic object in orbit around the Sun – we started with a study of meteorites. Asteroids like Bennu are rocky or metallic objects in orbit around the Sun.

In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the Osiris-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu to study the rocky space object and collect samples to return to ...

Don’t blame astronomers for the odds that an asteroid will strike Earth in 2032. The likelihood has gone from 3.1 per cent to less than 1 per cent.

Researchers meticulously tracked Bennu’s orbit using OSIRIS-REx spacecraft data, exploring whether unknown forces, such as a fifth force, could be affecting its path around the Sun. The study ...

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YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space Agency believe ...

A capsule carrying precious samples from asteroid Bennu landed on Earth on Sunday ... Space Station send a festive message from orbit, some 250 miles (400km) above Earth. Roads are closed ...

Asteroids’ paths can have additional complicating ... based-measurements Tsai and colleagues looked for anomalies in Bennu’s ...

The fear of a collision between Earth and a meteorite is growing. The European Space Agency (ESA), in constant collaboration with the US agency (NASA), is still trying to gather as ...

“I think it shows that the early steps toward the path to life were occurring much ... Calculations of Bennu’s orbit show very low risk of such an impact for the next couple of centuries.