NASA: 1.6% chance newly discovered asteroid will impact Earth in 2032
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...
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“Worst case scenario is devastation”: Experts worried with second near-Earth asteroid
Near-Earth asteroid, Bennu, has scientists worried about a disastrous impact that could spark an "impact winter." ...
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...
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Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...
Scientists’ Simulation Reveals The Devastation Caused If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth In 2182
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
Study models asteroid collision’s potentially devastating impact
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
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Asteroid could hit Earth and spark global winter as year of 'impact' pinpointed
Earlier this month, NASA revealed that samples collected from Bennu contain 14 of the 20 amino acids essential for life on Earth, as well as key organic compounds that play a role in forming DNA ...
A Billion-Year-Old Secret Unlocked in Asteroid Bennu’s Dust
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...
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Why do organisms on Earth only have 'left-handed' amino acids? What did we find out by analyzing the amino acids on the asteroid Bennu?
The asteroid Bennu is a celestial body with an average diameter of about 560 meters that was discovered in 1999. It is said that it will approach Earth many times over the course of about 200 ...
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Asteroid Bennu still a concern: year of possible impact with Earth and the devastation it would cause
Space agencies around the world are tasked with locating, studying and analysing the trajectories of cosmic objects that pose a danger to life on Earth. Bennu, one of the largest asteroids ...