Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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Exact date newly-discovered ‘city killer’ asteroid could hit Earth revealed
Just in time for Christmas. The space rock is between 130 feet and 330 feet long, so about the size of Big Ben. It’s the only large asteroid with an impact probability above 1%. The ...
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Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples reveal
OSIRIS-REx launched in September 2016 and traveled 200 million miles (320 million kilometers) to reach Bennu. Once there, the spacecraft orbited the asteroid for nearly two years as flight ...
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NASA scientist reveals all the countries that could be hit by 2032 asteroid
An enormous asteroid - measuring some 90 metres wide, roughly the size of Big Ben - currently has a one-in-43 (2.3%) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. This probability is a dramatic increase from ...
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Nasa makes emergency decision on huge asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
Alarmingly for experts, the asteroid measures up to 90m (300 ft) across, equating to the height of London's iconic Big Ben. Such dimensions suggest an impact with the force of the Tunguska event ...
Exact time Big Ben-sized 'city killer' asteroid monitored by NASA will 'skim' Earth today
NASA is closely monitoring an asteroid thought to be up to the size of Big Ben as it "skims" past the Earth later today. The ...