TEHRAN, August 9 -Scientists with NASA's OSIRIS-REx team want to name surface features on the asteroid Bennu after "birds and bird-like creatures in mythology." This week, the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved the request.
TEHRAN, December 05 -Samples collected from Bennu 's surface could offer clues to its origins and help scientists better understand what the early solar system was like.