Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid ... or London or New York, you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs," said Betts. The best modern comparison is ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid ... or London or New York, you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs," said Betts. The best modern comparison is ...

The vast majority can be found in the asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between ... Originally named 1999 RQ36, it was renamed in 2013. Bennu is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday. The findings provide the ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose. By Carl Zimmer Our solar system contains ...

according to new modeling by scientists. Until last week, Bennu was second on the Sentry list. It was pushed farther down the discovery of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.3% chance of striking ...

even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to new research. Astronomers estimate that Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 chance of affecting Earth in ...