101955 Bennu - Wikipedia
101955 Bennu (provisional designation 1999 RQ36) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999. It is a potentially hazardous …
Ten Things to Know About Bennu - NASA
Oct 16, 2020 · Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid that hasn’t undergone drastic, composition-altering change, meaning that on and below its deeper-than-pitch-black surface are chemicals …
Bennu - Science@NASA
Dec 17, 2024 · Bennu is a relatively small asteroid that passes close to Earth about every six years. Bennu was the target of NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx. The …
NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients
Jan 29, 2025 · In this video frame, Jason Dworkin holds up a vial that contains part of the sample from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral …
The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of
4 days ago · In 2023, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at …
NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine ...
3 days ago · NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and …
Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to …
Jan 29, 2025 · The asteroid provides clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded.
Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
Jan 29, 2025 · Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.
101955 Bennu - NASA Science
Dec 20, 2024 · Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid that is about one-third of a mile (half a kilometer) wide at its equator. An ancient relic of our solar system’s early days, asteroid Bennu has seen …
Bennu Exploration - Science@NASA
Nov 21, 2024 · Bennu was the target of NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission – OSIRIS-REx. The spacecraft successfully delivered the sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.