Asteroid Bennu

101955 Bennu (provisional designation 1999 RQ36) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999.

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Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins

The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought

A Billion-Year-Old Secret Unlocked in Asteroid Bennu’s Dust

What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?

NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample

Scientists Find Amino Acids, Salts and Other Compounds in Samples from Asteroid Bennu

Dust from asteroid Bennu shows: Building blocks of life and possible habitats were widespread in our solar system - EurekAlert

Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples reveal

Life's building blocks in Asteroid Bennu samples

Exploring mysteries of Asteroid Bennu

NASA’s Latest Asteroid Sample Hints at Life’s Extraterrestrial Origins

Scientists Just Found DNA’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu – Could This Explain Life’s Origins?

Life’s ingredients have been found in samples from asteroid Bennu

A sample from asteroid Bennu contains organic compounds usually found at midocean ridges on Earth, suggesting Bennu may have been part of an ancient ocean world

Dante Lauretta on Life After Asteroid Bennu and OSIRIS-REx

Beyond the Mission Goals: How NASA Surpassed Expectations With Asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx’s Final Haul: 121.6 Grams from Asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx nabbed over 120 grams of space rocks from asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx's Final Haul: 121.6 Grams from Asteroid Bennu

The opened OSIRIS-REx spacecraft with the asteroid samples from the asteroid Bennu. [11648*8736]