NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

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

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

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

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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 km) away. It ...

WASHINGTON, USA – 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 km) away ...

Scientists Predict Devastation if Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth in 2182 By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making ...

Among them, the asteroid Bennu, with a diameter of 500 meters, is predicted to have a 0.037% (1 in 2,700) chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. Although the possibility is small, research has ...

(CNN) — If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid ...