Bennu is also expected to pass closer to Earth than the moon in 2135 and if it does, our planet's gravitational pull could put it on the path to striking Earth on September 24, 2182.

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

Bennu is large enough to cause significant destruction on Earth. If it hit us, the space rock would punch a crater several miles wide into the planet's surface.

Bennu has practically no chance of hitting Earth then, but depending on precisely when and where Bennu makes its close approach, our planet’s gravity could tweak the asteroid’s orbit enough to ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. ... asteroid (PHA), which can come within 0.05 AU or less of Earth, raising the possibility that it could strike our planet.

Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth in 2182, causing a global winter and drought. ... To determine the impact of Bennu striking our planet in 157 years from now, ...

Scientists have simulated what would happen if asteroid Bennu, a 500-meter-wide space rock, were to collide with Earth in September 2182. The results paint a grim picture—global climate collapse ...

Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid that was studied by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from ... (300,000 km) from the planet's surface, which is closer than the orbit of the ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered.

ASTEROID BENNU. Discovered in 1999, Bennu is believed to be a remnant of a much larger asteroid that collided with another space rock. It’s barely one-third of a mile (half a kilometer) wide ...

By traveling to Bennu, NASA researchers reasoned, a probe could gather pristine material. The OSIRIS-REx probe arrived at the 1,850-foot-wide asteroid in 2020, scooped up rock and dirt, and then ...

“Asteroids provide a time capsule into our home planet’s history, and Bennu’s samples are pivotal in our understanding of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life started on ...