Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
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 away. It might come even closer in the ...
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...
Learn about the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, its close approaches to Earth, and the catastrophic consequences of a potential ...
Space agencies around the world are tasked with locating, studying and analysing the trajectories of cosmic objects that pose ...
Asteroid Bennu, the size of the Empire State Building, has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2182, potentially triggering ...
A collision with a medium-size asteroid could create ... One of them, Bennu, has a 1-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth in September 2182, the researchers note. If that happens, the ...