NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...

The Earth bears geologic evidence of past cosmic impacts, such as the 125-mile-wide Chixculub Crater in Mexico’s Yucatan ...

Asteroid Bennu ... past. More observations will be critical in the coming years to refine the impact predictions. For now, while the threat of YR4 is real, it remains uncertain whether Earth ...

Astronomers predict that the 500-metre-wide asteroid ... Bennu wouldn't necessarily trigger a mass extinction event. Asteroids the size of Bennu are believed to hit Earth every 100,000-200,000 ...

“We blossomed three or four years too early for ... 300 days to 2022 OB5. The asteroid follows an orbit around the sun similar to Earth’s. The probe will fly past the asteroid at a distance ...

Further updates will not be possible until 2028 when 2024 YR4 approaches Earth and becomes bright enough to be detected again ... of an asteroid that have been suggested over the years.

ESA updates its website once a day, and on Tuesday, the chances are at 2.8% that the asteroid will hit in 2032. NASA's Earth Impact Risk Summary puts the odds at just over 3%. Over the past two ...

Sue Nelson explores how asteroids can inform our understanding of the Earth's past – or ... and rocks from asteroid Bennu and returned them to Earth in 2023. Earlier this year, the first in ...