Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert. Image credit: NASA/Keegan Barber. On Sunday morning, after 7 years and 15 days ...

Nasa scientists cheered as their spacecraft, Osiris-Rex, successfully touched down on Asteroid Bennu to collect rocks and dirt from the surface, to bring back to Earth. The meticulously planned ...