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How NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will help protect Earth against asteroid Bennu and its flyby in 2182
Space via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAsteroid Bennu is the space rock with the highest known probability of hitting Earth in the next 200...
NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn asteroid Bennu, a city-killer sized cosmic object, has a 1/2700 chance of hitting us in...
Asteroid that passes nearby could hit Earth in the future, NASA says
ABC News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report...
Could scientists stop a 'planet killer' asteroid from hitting Earth?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWe see an enormous, fiery asteroid falling through Earth's atmosphere and very nearly hitting our...
Asteroid the Size of Empire State Building Could Hit Earth in Future, NASA Says
People via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA sample from Bennu will return to Earth after a yearslong voyage and land in the Utah desert on...
Asteroid feared to hit Earth in 2046 will almost certainly miss, NASA says
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn asteroid that was initially given 1-in-600 chance of wiping out an entire city on Valentine's Day...
Video shows landmark moment when sample of asteroid Bennu touches down on Earth
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCelebrations erupted in the NASA control room as the capsule containing samples from the asteroid...
NASA's OSIRIS mission delivered asteroid samples to Earth
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe OSIRIS-REx spacecraft contacts the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism, or...
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn animation shows Apophis' 2029 path compared to the swarm of satellites orbiting Earth. The...
Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoa close-up view of an asteroid in deep space LITTLETON, Colorado — As NASA's first mission to...