Terrifying simulation reveals exactly what will happen if asteroid Bennu crashes into Earth in 2182
Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.
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NASA Says Asteroid Soil Contains 'Building Blocks for Life'
NASA researchers have been studying rock and dust brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu. Those particles revealed ...
Scientists Predict Devastation If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth In 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
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Could a Bennu-Sized Asteroid Wipe Out Humanity? New Study Reveals Shocking Aftermath of Impact
In a recent study, scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea ...
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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
If Bennu were to strike the ocean ... reduced sunlight and decreased precipitation, Dai said. Dust particles lofted high into the air would absorb and scatter sunlight, preventing it from reaching ...
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Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The impact of a Bennu-sized object - a medium-sized asteroid ... due to strong warming caused by the solar absorption of dust particles, the researchers said. An asteroid collision of this ...
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New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.
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In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition ... are turned on their head and particles like electrons defy ...