Scientists’ Simulation Reveals The Devastation Caused If Asteroid Bennu Strikes Earth In 2182
Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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Here's what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 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 ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
They calculated that there is a very small chance — about 1-in-2700, or 0.037% to be exact — that asteroid Bennu, which is roughly the size of the ... probability of impact, the IBS ...
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Asteroid Could Devastate Earth In 2182: What to Know
Researchers used computer simulations to study the impact of an asteroid with the diameter of Bennu (about 500 meters) to ascertain what the fallout of the collision would be. They found that ...
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NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Could Cause A Global Catastrophe, Scientists Say
As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous object, ranked third on the Sentry list of potential future Earth impact events. There’s a chance—albeit ...
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Here’s What Would Happen If Asteroid Bennu Hit Earth
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar system, and we need to be prepared for what could come. A first-of-its ...
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Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen
Because even though Bennu is unlikely strike us, study lead author Lan Dai of the IBS Center for Climate Physics says there are about 5,000 objects of similar size. That is to say, even if it’s ...
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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth in the future, the space rock could cause substantial global damage, even though it’s a fraction of the size of the asteroid that ...