What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?

a large rock impacts a blue-and-green planet, creating a fiery crater

What would happen if Earth were struck by another catastrophic asteroid? While such an event would be devastating, researchers at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea wondered specifically how Earth’s climate and ecosystems might change in the aftermath of such an impact. They calculated that there is … Read more