Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...

REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

By Sage Rohrbach A mosaic image of the Bennu Asteriod, created using pictures from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite that was near the asteroid for over two years. Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia ...

NASA's SPHEREx mission, set to launch in February 2025, will utilize an advanced infrared telescope to map the entire sky in 102 colors. This affordab ...

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

NASA's Osiris Rex spacecraft had grabbed parts of the ancient Bennu asteroid and uncovered a rich set of minerals and compounds which could show signs of life. The spacecraft collected samples ...

In September 2023, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped off a special delivery that scientists had been anticipating for nearly 3 years. Secured inside that delivery was over 120 grams of material ...