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Space agencies around the world are tasked with locating, studying and analysing the trajectories of cosmic objects that pose ...
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...
The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.
Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would ...