Asteroid Bennu, named after an ancient Egyptian mythological bird, that is associated with the Sun, creation and rebirth has been predicted to hit the Earth by NASA. The ticking n-bomb Bennu According to scientists, Bennu which is taller than the Empire State Building and 510 meters wide- could release 1,2000 megatons of energy if it hit Earth, i.e. NASA states …
NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter Enlarge this image toggle caption Keegan Barber/NASA Keegan Barber/NASA Scientists are exulting over the safe arrival of a canister containing about a cup's worth of asteroid rocks, collected 200 million miles away, that landed in a Utah desert after a 7-year NASA mission sent to retrieve them. …
Asteroid Bennu has been in the news for the past few weeks for NASA’s historic sample collection mission on the space rock. Research has revealed that the asteroid has been in an orbit that brings it astronomically close to our home planet for 1.75 million years. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sent by NASA to collect samples from the asteroid has proved …