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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...
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‘Chemical time capsule’: Asteroid Bennu’s salts tell tale of early solar system
Discover the fascinating findings from asteroid Bennu: pristine salt minerals reveal the presence of liquid water in the ...
Asteroid Bennu Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life
Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...
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Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
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Asteroid Bennu could trigger a global winter lasting more than 3 years and here’s what’s known
The vast majority can be found in the asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between ... Originally named 1999 RQ36, it was renamed in 2013. Bennu is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun ...
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Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 ...
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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from ... [+] a range of 15 miles. As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a ...
Bennu Asteroid Contains Material Needed for Life, NASA Mission Finds
The discovery supports the theory that asteroids seeded life on Earth.
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Here’s What Would Happen If Asteroid Bennu Hit Earth
A group of researchers based in South Korea drew up scenarios indicating how Earth’s climate and life on our planet would be affected by the impact of a medium-sized asteroid like Bennu.
NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...
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Lurking inside an asteroid: life’s ingredients
A team of researchers reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of organic molecules, including many crucial building blocks of life.