Articles on Asteroid Bennu

February 26, 2024

A Nasa mission that collided with an asteroid didn’t just leave a dent – it reshaped the space rock

Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University

The mission provided details about how to deflect an asteroid should one threaten Earth in future.

October 13, 2023

Lucinda King, University of Portsmouth

Studying the sample could help answer how water arrived on Earth and how life started.

October 21, 2020

Monica Grady, The Open University

Bennu will tell us about our own origins as much as about the origin of asteroid Bennu.

Monica Grady
Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
Lucinda King
Space Projects Manager & Mission Design Lead, University of Portsmouth
Ian Whittaker
Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University