a new study has introduced a far more unsettling possibility—Bennu could eventually collide with Earth. Although the chances are slim, scientists estimate that Bennu has a 1-in-2,700 chance of ...

The impact probability has been lowered ... Asteroids have struck Earth occasionally over its long history, often with cataclysmic results. For example, an asteroid estimated at 6-9 miles (10-15 km) ...

and NASA has since calculated there is a 0.037 per cent – or one in 2,700 – chance that the asteroid will strike our planet on September 24 2182. If Bennu did hit Earth, it would trigger an ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

Astronomers predict that the 500-metre-wide asteroid Bennu has a one in 2,700 chance of ... Asteroids the size of Bennu are believed to hit Earth every 100,000-200,000 years, so it is likely ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...