While the chances of an impact are slim ... a collision with Bennu wouldn't necessarily trigger a mass extinction event. Asteroids the size of Bennu are believed to hit Earth every 100,000-200,000 ...

So what would happen should Bennu strike our planet? Well, it would not be pretty, according to new research based on computer simulations of an impact by an asteroid with a diameter of roughly ...

especially given that the last major asteroid impact 66 million years ago, known as Chicxulub, is implicated in the extinction of the dinosaurs. Bennu, at 500 meters (1,640 feet), is considerably ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar system, and we need to be prepared for what could come. A first-of-its-kind ...

WASHINGTON, USA – The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 km) away ...

So what would happen should Bennu strike our planet? Well, it would not be pretty, according to new research based on computer simulations of an impact by an asteroid with a diameter of roughly ...