Asteroid could hit Earth and spark global winter as scientists pinpoint year it could hit
Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...
Asteroid Bennu still a concern: year of possible impact with Earth and the devastation it would cause
Space agencies around the world are tasked with locating, studying and analysing the trajectories of cosmic objects that pose ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...
Scientists’ Simulation Reveals The Devastation Caused If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth In 2182
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
Asteroid Could Devastate Earth In 2182: What to Know
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
Here’s What Would Happen If Asteroid Bennu Hit Earth
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
Asteroid Bennu could trigger a global winter lasting more than 3 years and here’s what’s known
A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.
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Scientists Find ‘Mirror Life’ Building Blocks on Asteroid Bennu
A sample of dust and rocks from an asteroid just took us closer to an answer. Collected from Bennu, a space rock shaped like a spinning top, as it soared by Earth roughly five years ago, the samples ...
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Surprisingly salty asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life
The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...