NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...

NASA has revealed a detailed plan to capture a near-Earth asteroid and bring it closer for study. The concept involves ...

NASA canceled its plan to bring samples of rock from Mars back to Earth. The Perseverance rover has been traversing the ...

NASA is monitoring a plane-sized asteroid that’s heading towards Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Measuring around 230 feet in ...

From a return of humans to lunar orbit, to Japan's first crack at Mars, advanced space travel and exploration is set to ...

How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions ...

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Fastest-Rotating Rock Known, Larger Than 6 Football Fields, Is Rubin Observatory’s First Discovery In A Nutshell Record ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Last year was a busy one for the space industry, and the quest to explore the cosmos is not slowing down any time soon.