NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against future asteroid threats, but government budget cuts are ...

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

What’s more, Webb used its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument to observe glowing interstellar gas and dust illuminated ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

Nearly 60 years later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu, similar to the one that rained rocks over Revelstoke. Our research team has ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature photographed for the first time, and more.

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces ... The two previous asteroid sample missions, by Japan, yielded considerably less material. Small amounts of Bennu's precious black ...

The samples from asteroid Bennu were delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2023. Since then, scientists and researchers are working around to clock to understand its components and ...

Quirks and Quarks8:21Bits of Bennu have building blocks of life NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission took six years to travel to the asteroid Bennu and return samples to Earth. Now, the first results from ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing 14 of the 20 essential amino acids for life on Earth, along with ammonia and nucleobases crucial for DNA and RNA.

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces ... The two previous asteroid sample missions, by Japan, yielded considerably less material. Small amounts of Bennu’s precious black ...