An asteroid impact today could be devastating. But a few billion years ago, an impact may have helped life exist. Scientists hope to learn more about that possibility with recently extracted samples ...

A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.

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"We Will Meet Again in the Sky," depicting ancient Egyptian mythological bird Bennu, a deity linked to creation and rebirth. The work is made of numerous dark steel rods forming the magnificent ...

Bennu had been predicted to be rich in water ... with a young child called Michael Puzio suggesting the winning name after the Ancient Egyptian mythological bird of the same name.

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The best of birds, there is little mythological representation of the Heron outside of connections to Bennu in Egyptian mythology and some tales among the various Native American cultures. It really ...