If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...

Scientists have revealed what would actually happen to our planet if an asteroid the size of One World Trade Center smashed into it. The findings were modeled on near-Earth asteroid Bennu ...

Bennu, an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, has a 1-in-2700 chance of hitting Earth in 2182. 'A new eye on the Sun': NASA's PUNCH to track solar storms in stunning 3D ‘When space ...

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 ...

A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of a pyramid will skim past Earth ... According to the results so far, an asteroid like Bennu that is rich in carbon could need several small bumps ...

If an asteroid this size were to collide with Earth, the scale of damage would depend greatly on where exactly it struck—and the angle of entry through the atmosphere, which affects the energy ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...

GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in ... “The risk really increases with the size of the projectile.