Asteroid 101955 Bennu is roughly 500 meters across, close to the height of the Empire State Building measured from base to ...

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu, it discovered more rocks and boulders than envisioned. Mapping all these potential hazards was necessary to select a location ...

NASA has given the public its first high-resolution look at asteroid Bennu's global surface. The details are revealed in a newly published global map of the asteroid, one that is currently the focus ...

This three-dimensional view of asteroid Bennu was created by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), contributed by the Canadian Space Agency, on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. From Feb. 12 through 17, ...

As NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft prepares to briefly touch down and collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu in October, the mission's science team, led by the University of Arizona, has worked ...

The asteroid samples studied by Jin and Bose came from the area called the Muses Sea, which is the smooth area in the middle of Itokawa. JAXA NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission has seen a successful trip ...

Asteroid Bennu is one of the most closely watched rocks in the solar system, and for good reason: it is among the very few known objects with any measurable chance of one day hitting Earth. That ...

Revelations from NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe are building excitement for its sampling expedition, slated to happen in the coming weeks. The near-Earth asteroid Bennu is a bit taller and wider than the ...

The Osiris-Rex mission to asteroid Bennu needs extra eyes to scope out a safe spot for grabbing a sample of the rock. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus ...

SAN FRANCISCO — After a year of meticulously mapping the asteroid Bennu’s surprisingly boulder-littered surface (SN: 3/19/19), NASA has finally picked a sample collection site. OSIRIS-REx, on NASA’s ...