NASA Asteroid Bennu: Can NASA deflect asteroid barrelling towards Earth with HAMMER? ASTEROID Bennu is speeding through the depths of deep space, threatening to catastrophically collide with the planet, NASA has warned. But could the US space agency deflect the asteroid before impact? Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:SpaceX launch: Dragon cargo spacecraft launches on pre-flown Falcon 9 rocketBritish space mission to salvage cosmic junk successfully blasts offSupergiant NINE BILLION light years away is the furthest star ever discoveredNonfiction: A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’Now Read This: Discussion Questions for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times Book Club’s April Pick: ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ALIEN BREAKTHROUGH: Shock study boosts hopes there is life on other planets