NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

Buck’s presentation will include the initial analysis of the material that was returned to Earth 17 months ago and highlight the exciting scientific discoveries ...

BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA—NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announced his retirement on Wednesday, effective Saturday, February 22.

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

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will award its 2025 Michael Collins Trophy to Margaret Hamilton for Lifetime Achievement and the OSIRIS-REx Team for Current Achievement. These annual ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

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Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

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 ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites captured rare water covering the playa. Its mineral-rich brines bear ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) traveled 3.6 ...