A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

Asteroid Bennu poses a potential threat to Earth. Scientists warn that its impact could trigger a “global winter,” disrupting ...

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

Earth is surrounded by countless objects with relatively close orbits. Most pose no immediate threat, but some have collision ...

A report published in Science Advances details when the asteroid could collide with Earth and the destruction it would cause.

with an eye toward doing this in the future if one appears on a collision course with Earth. "The likelihood that a Bennu-sized asteroid will strike Earth is quite small at 0.037%. Even though ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...