One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...

In a new study published in the scientific journal Icarus, scientists used data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to make a precise calculation of Bennu’s orbit and its future proximity to ...

Now the material is safe and sound. A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the spacecraft approach and touch down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over 200 million miles away from ...

Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar ...

A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...

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

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

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

The OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample. Photo: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold The aluminum canister containing bits of an ancient ...

In 2016, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft traveled to an asteroid called Bennu, collected 250 grams of rocks and dust, and then traveled 1.2 billion miles to return the samples to Earth. In ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe captured photos during the release of its return capsule last month, preserving the historic moment for posterity. Those images, which the space agency released on ...

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex capsule carrying an asteroid sample successfully landed in a Utah desert Sunday morning. Credit: NASA / Keegan Barber A capsule holding precious bits of space rock fell from the ...