If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage ... of Bennu’s potential impact in the future, a research team ...

The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking Earth are almost zero after earlier data had indicated a higher risk of a ...

Among them, the asteroid Bennu ... research has shown that if Bennu were to collide, it could have a tremendous impact on Earth's climate and ecosystem. A research team led by Axel Timmermann ...

With the return of an Asteroid Bennu sample in 2023 as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, researchers from the University of Arizona have made significant discoveries toward understanding the ...

Another study estimated the potential damage that would be caused ... researchers estimated an impact by a Bennu-sized asteroid would inject 100 million to 400 million tonnes of dust into the ...

That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983 ... as infrequent meteorite falls that rarely cause damage.” Asteroid 2024 YR4, detected by telescopes on December 27 ...

Another study estimated the potential damage that would be caused ... the researchers estimated that an impact by a Bennu-sized asteroid would inject 100-400 million tons of dust into the ...

Another study estimated the potential damage that would be caused if an asteroid ... Aside from the immediate devastation, researchers estimated an impact by a Bennu-sized asteroid would inject 100 ...