A new climate modeling study presents a new scenario of how climate and life on our planet would change in response to a potential future strike of a medium-sized (~500 m) asteroid.
New NASA observations show a near-Earth asteroid with more than a 1% chance of impacting Earth in seven years.
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...
An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...
Near-Earth asteroids have long been a concern for scientists studying planetary threats. As of September 2024, more than ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182.