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The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would ...

An asteroid impact today could be devastating. But a few billion years ago, an impact may have helped life exist. Scientists ...

Bennu, which comes closest to Earth every six years at a distance of 299,000 km, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with ...

NASA's watchful eye on the skies has recently spotted asteroid Bennu, a celestial body with a slim chance of impacting Earth.

An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space ...

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

Just like the theorised 'nuclear winter' that would follow a thermonuclear war, the explosion of an asteroid impact would eject a vast column of dust into the atmosphere. If Bennu hit Earth ...