Bennu's Potential Impact: NASA's Projection and Size Analysis

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is set to return to Earth on Sunday, bringing back samples from the asteroid Bennu. However, a recent study suggests that Bennu could potentially collide with Earth in 2182, passing through a "gravitational keyhole." The chances of impact are small, with a 1 in 2,700 probability. Bennu, discovered in 1999, is about one-third of a mile wide and rich in carbon, making it a valuable source of information about the formation of the solar system. The samples collected by OSIRIS-REx will be examined in a laboratory in Houston.