"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Bennu asteroid The asteroid Bennu has a diameter ... the consequences of such an asteroid impact would be as follows: Shock waves and thermal radiation. An immediate collision will cause powerful ...

Bennu is significantly smaller than the 6-mile ... "It would immediately generate powerful shockwaves, thermal radiation, tsunamis, earthquakes, crater, and ejecta around the collision site ...

But wait, there’s more. A collision between asteroid Bennu and Earth would also trigger thermal radiation, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other, more long-lasting climatic effects by emitting large ...

and thermal radiation. The injection of aerosols and gases into the atmosphere would create long-lasting climatic disruptions. Interestingly, some ocean regions might experience temporary algae blooms ...

Asteroid as wide as 886 cans of spam may hit Earth in 2032 And now something fun for a change: Building blocks of life in Bennu asteroid samples Astronomers ... JWST's NIRCam instrument will ...

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 ...

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

With an explosion in recent years of invasive animals such as wild hogs, coyotes, armadillos, and more, hunting at night with thermal binoculars or a thermal scope has never been more popular ...

Mar. 10, 2025 — Astronomers have peered back to a time when the universe was just less than 300 million years old. The research team, using JWST revealed something ... Evidence of a New ...