Samples from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, reveal key molecules for life. These discoveries shed light on the chemical processes that may have seeded Earth billions of ...

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 ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino acids, nucleobases, and minerals known as evaporites—all elements of ...

It comprised 122 grams of dust and pebbles brought to the Utah desert in 2023. The Osiris-Rex mission marked a recent achievement in space exploration, for it is the first time that a spacecraft ...

He added, “Data from OSIRIS-REx adds major brushstrokes to a picture of a solar system teeming with the potential for life. Why we, so far, only see life on Earth and not elsewhere, that’s the truly ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 4 ounces of dust ... said the University of Arizona's Dante Lauretta, the mission's chief scientist who took part in both studies. Most of the $1 billion ...

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. As part of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, the ...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provided overall mission management, systems engineering, and the safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx.

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 ...