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 …

Oct 16, 2020 · Bennu is a primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space, orbiting among planets and moons and asteroids and comets. Because it is so old, Bennu could be made of …

Bennu’s parent asteroid likely broke apart 1 to 2 billion years ago, and some of the fragments came together to form the rubble pile we know as Bennu. These minerals are also found on …

According to Egyptian mythology, Bennu was a self-created being said to have played a role in the creation of the world. He was said to be the ba (personality component of the soul) of the …

May 12, 2025 · Bennu is a relatively small asteroid that passes close to Earth about every six years. Bennu was the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample …

Sep 27, 2023 · Bennu is more than just a cold, coal-black rock gliding through our near space; it is thought to have formed 4.6 billion years ago, making it almost as old as the Solar System itself.

4 days ago · Analyses performed on the Ryugu and Bennu samples from the centimetre down to the sub-millimetre scale reveal that they share most near-IR spectral properties, implying …

Dec 21, 2022 · Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid that was studied by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from 2018 to 2021.

Apr 23, 2025 · 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 …

Feb 8, 2025 · Just as a quick reminder, Bennu is a rubble pile asteroid that was visited by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from 2018-2021, with the spacecraft scooping up a sample from the …