The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were all five of the basic building block for life — Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine, ...

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth ... the researchers said. Large quantities of aerosols and gases would reach the upper atmosphere, causing ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global winter that affects our planet for years.

An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

Exploring the Asteroid Bennu: Will it ever hit Earth ... At some point, we will see a big enough asteroid to make us worry- we will then have to figure out a way to deflect it.” The CU Boulder Retired ...

Large quantities of aerosols and gases released by the impact could ascend into the atmosphere, altering Earth’s climate with lingering effects, she said. If Bennu were to strike the ocean ...