NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Senate Approves Banning Unemployment Benefits For People With More ...

I call Bennu the “trickster asteroid” because it constantly surprised us and challenged us. The most surprising thing that directly impacted the mission is the rugged nature of Bennu’s surface.

Celebrate World Asteroid Day 2025 on June 30 by watching a free live stream of near-Earth asteroids courtesy of the Virtual Telescope Project.

Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu ...

Asteroid Day At 10: How The World Is More Prepared Than Ever To Face Celestial Threats Good news – we are better at planetary defense than we were a decade ago.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Nearly 1,000 employees have accepted resignation offers, according to NASA late Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. space agency.

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Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a curious new object started flashing across the message boards.

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.