Asteroid Bennu poses a potential threat to Earth. Scientists warn that its impact could trigger a “global winter,” disrupting ...
A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...
The asteroid, discovered in December 2024, is believed to measure between 40 metres and 90 metres. It was first given a ...
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...