In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

NASA’s study of Bennu reveals why its rocky surface behaves like sand. The answer lies in cracks deep inside its boulders.

NASA has used advanced imaging techniques to peer inside samples of asteroid Bennu, discovering extensive networks of cracks running throughout the rock particles.

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a NASA planetary science mission showed the asteroid was actually more rough and jagged than previously expected.

Learn about the surprising surface of Asteroid Bennu, loaded with boulders and cracks that have caused it to experience rapid ...

Bennu looked far different up close than scientists expected, and that mismatch led to a deeper investigation into how asteroid surfaces behave. What researchers found in returned samples helped ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission faced an unexpected challenge when its target, asteroid Bennu, revealed a rugged landscape filled with large boulders instead of the anticipated smooth ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

NASA is struggling to open a capsule containing precious asteroid samples from the OSIRIS-REx mission. Luckily, there is plenty of material to study on the outside of the container. When you purchase ...

Upon a successful return to Earth next year, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will be the first American mission to retrieve a sample from an asteroid. But NASA announced last week that the story won’t end ...

Just as the University of Arizona-led spacecraft OSIRIS-REx prepares to begin orbiting the asteroid Bennu, it turns out the consequences of President Trump’s continued government shutdown over a ...

A two-hour launch window opens Thursday at 7:05 p.m. for the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission aboard a United Launch Alliance ...