On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

cold temperature and decreased precipitation at the surface." Senior author of the study Axel Timmermann said: "The likelihood that a Bennu-sized asteroid will strike Earth is quite small at 0.037 ...

A collision with a medium-size asteroid could create widespread “devastation” on Earth’s surface, according to ... One of them, Bennu, has a 1-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth in ...

Bennu’s rocks formed 4.5 billion years ago on a larger parent asteroid. That asteroid was wet and muddy. Under the surface, pockets of water perhaps only a few feet across were evaporating ...

The study "Climatic and ecological responses to Bennu-type asteroid collisions" was published in the journal Science Advances on Feb. 5. 'We're disappointed in the outcome': NASA shares photo of ...

In January 2025, scientists announced the discovery of organic molecules— the building blocks of life— in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid named Bennu. What can this discovery reveal ...

involved collecting samples from the asteroid Bennu. In 2023, the probe used a robotic arm to gather material from the asteroid's surface and transported it to Earth. Approximately 113 grams of ...

This incident highlights growing concerns about the ... Research on asteroid Bennu reveals no evidence of a potential fifth force that could explain dark matter. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission ...