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The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is unusually magnetic

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What would happen if Bennu hit Earth? "Dai and her team turned to computer simulations. The results didn’t paint a rosy picture, even if humanity would (probably) survive it."

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