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Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.

So what would happen should Bennu strike our planet? Well, it would not be pretty, according to new research based on computer simulations of an impact by an asteroid with a diameter of roughly ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

plant photosynthesis would decrease by between 20 and 30 percent and the planet's ozone layer would deplete by 32 percent. This undated image made available by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu from ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

Are we extraterrestrial? Something was recently discovered by NASA on a near-Earth asteroid. They are Organic Molecules On ...

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space ...

NASA has been monitoring a never-before-seen planet in its solar system, which is eight times the size of Earth.