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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 ...
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Asteroid ‘Bennu’ contains the building blocks of life
An asteroid impact today could be devastating. But a few billion years ago, an impact may have helped life exist. Scientists ...
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Scientists Find ‘Mirror Life’ Building Blocks on Asteroid Bennu
Like Ryugu, Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid. These space rocks are rich in carbon molecules ... the air was filtered to remove water vapor and dust particles. Upon landing in Utah, NASA immediately ...
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Life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu
By Sage Rohrbach A mosaic image of the Bennu Asteriod, created using pictures from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite that was near the asteroid for over two years. Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia ...
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Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment ... The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny ...
Asteroid Could Devastate Earth In 2182: What to Know
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
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Scientists predict devastation if asteroid Bennu strikes Earth in 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
A Billion-Year-Old Secret Unlocked in Asteroid Bennu’s Dust
Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...
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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 could do.
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Scientists Predict Devastation If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth In 2182
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles (299,000 km) away. It might come even ...