Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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Exact date newly-discovered ‘city killer’ asteroid could hit Earth revealed
Just in time for Christmas. The space rock is between 130 feet and 330 feet long, so about the size of Big Ben. It’s the only large asteroid with an impact probability above 1%. The ...
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Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples reveal
OSIRIS-REx launched in September 2016 and traveled 200 million miles (320 million kilometers) to reach Bennu. Once there, the spacecraft orbited the asteroid for nearly two years as flight ...
Exact time Big Ben-sized 'city killer' asteroid monitored by NASA will 'skim' Earth today
NASA is closely monitoring an asteroid thought to be up to the size of Big Ben as it "skims" past the Earth later today. The ...
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How scientists could stop the ‘city-killer’ asteroid from striking Earth in 2032
A 100-metre-wide asteroid hurtling towards Earth has triggered ... which is around the length of a Boeing 747 or the height of Big Ben. NASA has identified thousands of near-Earth asteroids ...