NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Timelapse video shows speed of floodwater rising in Texas Katharine ...

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Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of being hit by something big?

All known large PHAs have been tracked well and pose no significant risk for at least the next 100 years.Historically notable asteroids like Bennu and 29075 (1950 DA) are on watch lists, but their ...

Asteroid Bennu isn't playing nice with a leading scientific hypothesis.

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