"So this, of course, increases the odds that life could have formed on other planets," she said. A mission called OSIRIS-REx landed on an asteroid named Bennu in 2020, jammed its arm into the rock ...

Bennu is just the latest body in the Solar System ... As of Jan. 30, 2025, the odds of this asteroid hitting Earth are 1 in 77, and it is now rated three out of 10 on the Torino Scale.

Bennu is a potentially hazardous asteroid that has a 1-in-2,700 chance of striking Earth in the year 2182 — the highest odds of any known space object. But scientists are more interested in what ...

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

Asteroid Bennu still a concern ... "Coming home" NASA has recently increased the odds that asteroid YR4, a "city-killer" rock, could strike Earth in 2032. The space agency now estimates the ...

Bennu, one of the largest asteroids, has been the subject of research and simulations in the event of an impact with our planet. Bennu is 500 meters wide and astronomers have predicted a one in ...

[Photo/Agencies] LOS ANGELES -- Studies of the samples from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth ... increasing the odds life could have formed on other planets and moons, according to NASA.

A modern case in point: The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. The OSIRIS-REx mission launched in 2016. Its main aim was to study Bennu and retrieve samples to bring back ...

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific discussions recently, especially after researchers analysed surface samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. While much of the ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...