Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have found that it contains a remarkable mix of materials — some of which formed long before the sun even existed. "It's very fascinating to see ...

The ambitious mission to retrieve samples from asteroid Bennu and return them to Earth is paying off. Just as scientists had hoped, the asteroid is revealing details about the early days of our solar ...

Technicians carrying samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023 when it was headed for a newly constructed clean room at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Image via NASA. Samples of Asteroid Bennu were returned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryugu asteroid samples preserve magnetic signals from the early solar system, revealing clues about the solar nebula. (CREDIT: ...

Learn how rock and dust samples are shedding light on the origins of Asteroid Bennu and the history of the early Solar System. Little pieces of the 4.5 billion-year-old Asteroid Bennu are saying a ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin Jack Tamisiea A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample ...