Scientists have uncovered an extraordinary finding on Asteroid Bennu, a space rock that passes near Earth roughly every six ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Bennu itself is a fascinating “jigsaw piece” of the early solar system. This third-of-a-mile-wide space rock is likely a ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Jose Aponte, an astrochemist in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and co-author of ...

Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists have a much greater understanding of the near-Earth asteroid, its upcoming ...

The people of the 22nd and 23rd centuries have a little less to worry about as of Wednesday, as NASA scientists have confirmed there is little likelihood that the half-kilometer-wide near-Earth ...

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried over thousands of years and life’s basic ingredients were widespread.

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu could be Exhibit A for space miners making their case to skeptical investors. New observations by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft suggest that the 1,650-foot-wide (500 ...

In September 2135, the 1,600-foot-wide asteroid Bennu will pass between the Earth and the moon — and while scientists said Wednesday there is no chance of a collision, Earth's gravity will alter the ...

NASA has given newly revised figures about the threat posed by the asteroid 101955 Bennu. In a study released on Wednesday, NASA researchers said the chance of Bennu hitting Earth through the year ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu has been keeping our planet company for a long time. Bennu, new research suggests, has been in an orbit that brings it near to Earth for 1.75 million years. The study ...