See asteroid Bennu like never before: NASA releases stunning new photos from OSIRIS-REx

NASA's asteroid-chasing spacecraft has released the most detailed views yet of its oddly-shaped target from more than 1.4 billion miles away from home. Since OSIRIS-REx reached orbit around asteroid Bennu at the beginning of this year, its snapshots have brought us closer and closer to the nearby asteroid. At just 1,600 feet across, Bennu is the smallest object ever to be orbited by a spacecraft. The latest batch of images shows Bennu in staggering new detail from when OSIRIS-REx was just one mile above the surface. NASA's asteroid-chasing spacecraft has released the most detailed views yet of its oddly-shaped target from more than 1.4 billion miles away from home.