"Hopefully, humans may be able to defend our planet from Bennu by deflecting its trajectory if it heads toward Earth." In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos as part of ...

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

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Bennu, one of the largest asteroids, has been the subject of research and simulations in the event of an impact with our planet. Bennu is 500 meters wide and astronomers have predicted a one in ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

Bennu is just the latest body in the Solar System ... The Dec. 25 Christmas Day pass saw 2024 YR4 come within 828,800 km of our planet, and a “precovery” observation of the asteroid taken ...

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

Although the chances are slim, scientists estimate that Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of striking our planet. If such an event were to occur, it wouldn't happen until the year 2182, meaning ...

In January 2025, scientists announced the discovery of organic molecules— the building blocks of life— in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid named Bennu. What can this discovery reveal ...

In 2016, NASA embarked on a new and unique mission: sending the Osiris-REx spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu to study the rocky space object and collect samples to return to ...