"NASA Monitors Massive Asteroid Bennu's Potential Earth Impact"

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NASA is tracking an asteroid named Bennu, which is larger than the Empire State Building and has a .05% chance of hitting Earth in 2182. Scientists have been working on solutions to potentially alter the trajectory of asteroids, with a successful mission called "Dart" in 2022. Bennu, discovered in 1999, has come close to Earth multiple times and contains water and lots of carbon, the building blocks of life.
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