It's a startlingly good look at an impact crater!" Could an asteroid this size hit Earth soon? The rubble pile asteroid Bennu is around 400m in diameter. It is considered the most hazardous object ...

"The immediate effects of a Bennu-sized asteroid impact would cause devastating damages ... behemoth that created the Chixulub crater and wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago.

A team of planetary scientists has developed a promising new way to peer beneath the dusty surface of Mars and other ...

Scientists have discovered that a hydrothermal system created by the asteroid impact may have helped marine life flourish at the impact site by generating and circulating nutrients in the crater ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu and sent home a small capsule containing a sample in September 2023. Released from the OSIRIS-REx craft, the sample return ...

About 66 million years ago, a city-sized asteroid struck Earth, creating a 100-mile-wide crater ... asteroid Bennu currently poses the greatest risk to Earth. Though the chance of impact is ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape ... Scientists have concluded that the impact that created this crater occurred 65 million years ago. The date corresponds perfectly ...