An external view of the OSIRIS-REx sample-collector hardware shows material from the carbon-rich asteroid scattered across the right side. NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold ...

A NASA mission led by the University of Arizona is at risk of cancellation, putting groundbreaking asteroid research and millions in local funding in jeopardy.

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, the subject of the 2016 OSIRIS-REx mission, and a “near-Earth asteroid,” has arrived at the Field Museum. Uncontaminated by the Earth’s atmosphere, this ...

Unique asteroid sample lands at the Field Museum The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan from NASA, won't be on ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu and sent home a small capsule containing a sample in September 2023.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu and sent home a small capsule containing a sample in September 2023.