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

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered. The IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

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Overall, they write, a Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” reducing land photosynthesis by 36 percent and marine photosynthesis by 25 percent. That would in ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the ... Next, the researchers plan to model the responses early humans may have had to asteroid strikes, simulating their life ...

However, even a Bennu-size asteroid could drastically reduce global ... certain types of ocean algae may blossom, the model showed. The researchers said that these algae could offer an alternative ...

After running several scenarios using their model, the researchers found that ... The study "Climatic and ecological responses to Bennu-type asteroid collisions" was published in the journal ...

WASHINGTON — The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles away. It might come even ...

NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS ...