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Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...
Asteroid could hit Earth and spark global winter as year of 'impact' pinpointed
Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...
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Scientists reveal what they found in sample taken from Bennu asteroid
Jason Dworkin, a project scientist with OSIRIS-REx at NASA, described the findings ... At the time, Apophis was thought to be on a trajectory toward Earth. After additional assessments ...
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Asteroid Bennu samples collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx have building blocks of life, reveals study
The OSIRIS-REx mission surpassed expectations by not ... classification as a potentially hazardous asteroid. Its projected trajectory brings it dangerously close to Earth in the future ...