In a discreet vacuumed-packed container inside a FedEx box lies a piece of ancient history; extremely ancient history.

Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of high-carbon content and

NASA scientists have made an "astonishing" discovery about Bennu, the asteroid from which its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample of rock and dust in 2020.

Analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission shows a type of rock mirroring that found at Earthly mid-ocean ridges. The post Asteroid Bennu sample suggests an ocean world origin first appeared on EarthSky.

NASA says an asteroid larger than the Empire State Building is heading towards Earth.

Scientists see Bennu as a threat to Earth.

A 250-gram dust sample from the Bennu asteroid, collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, landed on Earth on Sunday.

NASA recently succeeded at bringing to Earth a sample collected from a distant asteroid, and this week it will show off the material for the first time.

The OSIRIS-REx capsule containing a "treasure trove" of space rocks has now arrived at Johnson Space Center, where scientists will gingerly unpack it.

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is unusually magnetic

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

Would you like to see a pristine sample of asteroid Bennu? Small fragments are now on display in Arizona, Texas and D.C. Learn more here. The post Pieces of asteroid Bennu now on display for YOU! first appeared on EarthSky.

A 250-gram dust sample from the Bennu asteroid, collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, landed on Earth on Sunday.

As part of an asteroid sample exchange, NASA has transferred to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample collected by

Dante Lauretta, the planetary scientist who led the OSIRIS-REx mission to retrieve a handful of space dust, discusses his next final frontier.

The sub-surface of asteroid Bennu is a step closer to discovering how the Universe started.

Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced on Wednesday.

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