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

Asteroid Bennu, measuring about 1,640 feet in diameter, has a small chance of colliding with Earth on September 24, 2182. Although the probability is only 0.04% (1 in 2,700), scientists have ...

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

The asteroid Bennu has been at the centre of scientific ... If such an event were to occur, it wouldn't happen until the year 2182, meaning humanity has at least 157 years to prepare.

Asteroid Bennu, with a diameter of approximately 500 metres, has a small chance of colliding with Earth on September 24, 2182. Although the probability is only 0.04% (1 in 2,700), scientists ...

Bennu is 500 meters wide and astronomers have predicted a one in 2,700 (0.037%) chance of it hitting Earth in the year 2182. Computer simulation tests have therefore been carried out at the IBS ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

It was first discovered in 1999, and NASA has since calculated there is a 0.037 per cent – or one in 2,700 – chance that the asteroid will strike our planet on September 24 2182. If Bennu did ...

Another study estimated the potential damage that would be caused if an asteroid the size of Bennu - with a diameter of roughly 500m - strikes Earth. Scientists have estimated a one-in-2,700 ...