The historic collection of a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Tuesday was almost too successful. Some of the sample is leaking into space, according to ...

The once inaccessible sample container has been fully opened, and NASA has released the numbers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A nearly-microscopic animal known as the tardigrade, above, is capable of surviving in a dry, lifeless state for over a decade. Image via Wikimedia Commons/Goldstein Lab The humble tardigrade, also ...

The private spaceflight company SpaceX is flying unmanned Dragon space capsules to the International Space Station, and hopes to launch manned astronaut-carrying versions. The company has its target ...

A "Christmas tree cluster" of stars is captivating astronomers and stargazers alike. NASA on Tuesday released a composite image of the star cluster, which they said "enhances the resemblance to a ...

Discount variety store chain Dollar Tree is launching its newest location in New Jersey. The brand will open a 15,000-square-foot store, after signing a deal to lease space at Aldrich Plaza in Howell.

The European Space Agency has shown off a concept for an eight-foot robotic arm, designed to pick up samples of Martian soil — small containers previously prepared by NASA's Perseverance rover — and ...

It turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year plan to collect and return samples from Mars. Seven of these proposals have caught the agency’s ...