SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviews All Posts Tagged Bennu Sunlight forces tiny asteroids to get rid of their dust bunnies Small asteroid surfaces are dustless, possibly because they're zapped by UV light. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago The best shielding against small meteorite impacts? Cover yourself in rubble Bennu has a natural force field to protect it: Crumbly rocks. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago Electrostatic repulsion may be lofting small rocks off the asteroid Bennu The tiny asteroid is spitting rocks into space. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago OSIRIS-REx is now going to go asteroid hopping to the space rock that once threatened Earth Yes, that asteroid. By Elizabeth Rayne | 10 months ago NASA got a Ryugu sample, and it could be a time capsule of the solar system NASA now has a rare sample from Asteroid Ryugu, and the secrets of the solar system might be hiding in there. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago Why is the asteroid Bennu’s surface rocky and not smooth? Small asteroids may be more like demolition pits than beaches By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Blowing up asteroids can actually protect Earth By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago We're probably safe from an impact by the asteroid Bennu for another 300 years By Phil Plait | 1 year ago UPDATE: Incredible footage of OSIRIS-REx tagging an asteroid By Phil Plait | 2 years ago UPDATE: The Bennu asteroid sample collection was successful! Almost *too* successful By Phil Plait | 2 years ago Load More
Sunlight forces tiny asteroids to get rid of their dust bunnies Small asteroid surfaces are dustless, possibly because they're zapped by UV light. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
The best shielding against small meteorite impacts? Cover yourself in rubble Bennu has a natural force field to protect it: Crumbly rocks. By Phil Plait | 8 months ago
Electrostatic repulsion may be lofting small rocks off the asteroid Bennu The tiny asteroid is spitting rocks into space. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago
OSIRIS-REx is now going to go asteroid hopping to the space rock that once threatened Earth Yes, that asteroid. By Elizabeth Rayne | 10 months ago
NASA got a Ryugu sample, and it could be a time capsule of the solar system NASA now has a rare sample from Asteroid Ryugu, and the secrets of the solar system might be hiding in there. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago
Why is the asteroid Bennu’s surface rocky and not smooth? Small asteroids may be more like demolition pits than beaches By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
We're probably safe from an impact by the asteroid Bennu for another 300 years By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
UPDATE: The Bennu asteroid sample collection was successful! Almost *too* successful By Phil Plait | 2 years ago