Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
Asteroid Bennu poses a potential threat to Earth. Scientists warn that its impact could trigger a “global winter,” disrupting ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
Space agencies around the world are tasked with locating, studying and analysing the trajectories of cosmic objects that pose ...
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 ...
Earth could face catastrophic consequences if hit by an asteroid similar to Bennu, according to new computer simulations. Scientists have determined that such an impact would dramatically alter our ...