NASA scientists have predicted there is a chance that a massive asteroid they have been tracking could smash into earth in the year 2082, potentially devastating an area the size of Texas. Bennu, a…
NASA scientists have predicted there is a chance that a massive asteroid they have been tracking could smash into earth in the year 2082, potentially devastating an area the size of Texas.
This image of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which studied the asteroid in close proximity for over two years.Scientists have been practicing retrieving the space craft when it returns to Earth on Sunday.
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