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

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

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

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 ...

A first-of-its-kind study simulated the planet-wide damage that would be caused by Bennu’s unlikely impact, leading to a sudden onset of winter and global food shortages. A group of researchers ...

If that happens, it could set off a chain of events that include a global winter and a planet-wide drought, according to new modeling by scientists. Until last week, Bennu was second on the Sentry ...

Perhaps our planet just happened to have the right combination ... the journal Nature on Wednesday that the asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a wealth of organic molecules, including many crucial ...

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 ...

Given the small but not impossible chance of Bennu’s potential impact in the future, a research team modeled the effects such a collision would have on our planet, including the global climate ...