in diameter and marked the last known large asteroid to hit the planet. Given the small but not impossible chance of Bennu’s potential impact in the future, a research team modeled the effects ...

Researchers used computer simulations to study the impact of an asteroid with the diameter of Bennu (about 500 meters) to ascertain what the fallout of the collision would be. They found that ...

As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous object, ranked third on the Sentry list of potential future Earth impact events. There’s a chance—albeit ...

The asteroid ... years ago, Bennu still poses a significant threat. According to the study, published by researchers part of the IBS Centre for Climate Physics, a direct impact would release ...

Analysis of samples taken from the asteroid Bennu reveal the presence of organic compounds important for life, and that its parent asteroid probably contained salty, subsurface water. Collected by ...

This “impact winter,” the researchers write ... Overall, they write, a Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” reducing land photosynthesis by 36 percent ...

Among them, the asteroid Bennu ... research has shown that if Bennu were to collide, it could have a tremendous impact on Earth's climate and ecosystem. A research team led by Axel Timmermann ...

So what would happen should Bennu strike our planet? Well, it would not be pretty, according to new research based on computer simulations of an impact by an asteroid with a diameter of roughly ...