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 ...

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

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246 ... source regions of near-Earth asteroids (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu, recently visited respectively ...

Although NASA's Lucy spacecraft's upcoming encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson is primarily a mission rehearsal for ...

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 ...

Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission , have revealed new findings about the origins of life and the early days of our solar system. The ...