New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists ... NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned samples from the asteroid to Earth in 2023. They quickly found these contained a plethora of the chemical ...

Earlier this month, NASA revealed that samples collected from Bennu contain 14 of the 20 amino acids essential for life on Earth, as well as key organic compounds that play a role in forming DNA ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a collision is not likely.

If Bennu did hit Earth, it would trigger an explosion equivalent to 1.4 billion tons of TNT. Not only could the 500-metre-wide rock threaten millions of lives, but a recent study predicted that ...

The asteroid Bennu is a celestial body with an average diameter of about 560 meters that was discovered in 1999. It is said that it will approach Earth many times over the course of about 200 ...