A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

After asteroid 2024 YR4 first flew into view of NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in December 2024 ...

The asteroid, discovered in December 2024, is believed to measure between 40 metres and 90 metres. It was first given a ...

NASA has recently increased the odds that asteroid YR4, a "city-killer" rock, could strike Earth in 2032. The space agency now estimates the chances of a collision at 1-in-38, or ...

Interplanetary contamination risks from space missions and strategies to mitigate them, including the importance of ...

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

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 ...

Bennu, one of the largest asteroids, has been the subject of research and simulations in the event of an impact with our planet. Bennu is 500 meters wide and astronomers have predicted a one in ...