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All about asteroid Bennu, a ticking n-bomb and NASA's mission to prevent it

Asteroid Bennu, termed one of the two most hazardous asteroids in our solar system, will be hitting the Earth and NASA is doing it all to prevent the collision.

This undated image provided by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu seen from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will fly by Earth and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest. (AP via NASA)
Published on Sep 24, 2023 07:02 PM IST
ByJahanvi Sharma

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission prepares for historic asteroid Bennu sample return

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to bring back samples from asteroid Bennu after 7 years in space, potentially hazardous.

The OSIRIS-REx Curation Lab, where samples will be processed, is seen during a media day hosted by NASA to preview the OSIRIS-REx Sample Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on July 24, 2023. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Sep 17, 2023 11:22 PM IST

Asteroid the size of Empire State Building may hit Earth, in the 2100s: Report

It will not lead to an extinction event but the devastation could be enormous. Lindley Johnson, who works as a planetary defense officer at Nasa, said that the size of the crater will be 10 to 20 times the size of the object.

Scientists said they have a better handle on asteroid Bennu's whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than previously thought. But don't be alarmed: Scientists reported that the odds are still quite low that Bennu will hit us in the next century.(AP)
Published on Aug 12, 2021 06:45 PM IST
Written by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Nasa’s post about 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid may leave you intrigued

The post by Nasa goes on to detail how the spacecraft is returning to Earth after five years of collecting samples from the ancient asteroid.

The image shows the asteroid Bennu taken by OSIRISRex spacecraft.(Instagram/@nasa)
Published on May 13, 2021 04:41 PM IST
BySrimoyee Chowdhury
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