Medium-size asteroids such as Bennu collide ... t lived through an asteroid strike, Dai compared the environmental effects to other “sun-blocking catastrophes,” such as large volcanic eruptions.

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 ...

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 ...

The new data, obtained by the European Southern Observatory's Chile-based Very Large Telescope and ... damage that would be caused if an asteroid the size of Bennu — with a diameter of roughly ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission collected samples from Bennu, and the Hayabusa2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) nabbed samples from Ryugu. "We can ...

NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS ...

The new data, obtained by the European Southern Observatory's Chile-based Very Large Telescope and ... damage that would be caused if an asteroid the size of Bennu - with a diameter of roughly ...