Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen

In 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission reached asteroid 101955 Bennu. Two years later, the spacecraft snagged a sample of its surface, which has since been returned to Earth. Now, astronomers are getting to know Bennu like never before — and a new study looks at how it could wreck us.  Bennu is classified as a near-EarthContinue reading “Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen”
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