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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 ...
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
Given the small but not impossible chance of Bennu’s potential impact in the future, a research team modeled the effects such a collision would have on our planet, including the global climate ...
Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182.