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The asteroid NASA just landed on turns out to be hollow, with a large 'void' at its center. It may be spinning itself to death.
Your browser does not support the video element. The asteroid Bennu just keeps getting more bizarre. When NASA decided to send a probe to land on a space rock and ...
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Bennu isn't likely to hit Earth - but if it did, here's what would happen
In 2018, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission reached asteroid 101955 Bennu. Two years later, the spacecraft snagged a sample of its surface, which has since been returned to Earth. Now, astronomers are ...
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The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
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 ...
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Nasa reveals first findings from asteroid that could explain origins of life
A sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has been found to contain an abundance of water and carbon, reinforcing the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space. Just two weeks after ...
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Building blocks of life confirmed in asteroid Bennu analysis
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. September of 2023 was an exciting month for space exploration when OSIRIS-REx finally ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered asteroid big enough to severely damage or even destroy a city—stood a 3.1 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
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Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid
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 ...
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Manchester scientist helps uncover life’s biggest secrets in Asteroid Bennu
Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission , have revealed new findings about the origins of life and the early days of our solar system. The ...
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Asteroid Bennu: Why the return of samples is so important... in 83 seconds
A capsule carrying precious samples from asteroid Bennu landed on Earth on Sunday. Nasa scientists hope the material could give hints to how life here began. BBC Science editor Rebecca Morelle ...