A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

It's been a long, long time since Earth has been smacked by a large asteroid, but that doesn't mean we're in the clear. Space ...

Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Bennu, which comes closest to Earth every six years at a distance of 299,000 km, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

It might come even closer in the future, with scientists estimating a one-in-2,700 chance of a collision with Earth in September 2182. So what would happen should Bennu strike our planet?

Asteroid Bennu has a diameter of about 500m, and, according to recent studies, could collide with Earth in September 2182 ...