Higher but still slim odds of asteroid Bennu slamming Earth

An undated image from NASA showing the asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/CSA/York/MDA/AP)

NASA has developed a better understanding of the asteroid Bennu’s probable flight path for the next 200 years, and the bad news is there is a slightly greater chance of the space rock hitting Earth than previously thought.

But don’t be alarmed: Scientists have reported the odds are still quite low that Bennu will reach us in the next century.