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While the odds of Bennu impacting Earth may sound alarming ... simulations showed plankton might recover more quickly than land plants. Instead of the rapid decline and slow two-year recovery ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

The samples were delivered by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission—the first US project to bring asteroid samples home ... While still a multi-year journey, the distance made it possible to land a space probe, ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

In 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission reached asteroid 101955 Bennu. Two years later ... and slow two-year-long recovery of plants on land, plankton in the ocean recovers within 6 months and ...

Samples from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, reveal key molecules for life. These discoveries shed light on the chemical processes that may have seeded Earth billions of ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...