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 ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

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 ...

Bennu’s potential collision with Earth is a remote but unsettling possibility, according to a new study. Bennu is about 500 metres wide—taller than the Empire State Building and as wide as ...

A newly discovered asteroid has quickly shot to the top of ... There’s one called Bennu that is much bigger than 2024 YR4. There is a chance Bennu could strike in 2182, causing widespread ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

However, many asteroids are known to be rubble piles, essentially collections of rocks held together loosely by gravity, such as the asteroid Bennu that was visited by NASA’s ORISIS-REx spacecraft.

This undated illustrative image made available by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu, which is unrelated to 2024 YR4, from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. This undated illustrative image made available by ...

Bennu has the potential to plunge the planet into an "impact winter," creating food scarcity and devastating ecosystems for years after impact, a new study suggests. That said, the asteroid has ...