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

The OSIRIS-REx team says this suggests Bennu — or at least the parent asteroid from which Bennu is believed to have broken off — must have once existed in the colder, outer regions of space ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar system. These findings can now provide information into the potential ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned with 4 ounces of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu in 2023. The samples contained black grains and were dispersed to two separate research ...

New samples from asteroid Bennu taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft could suggest that the conditions for life are not unique to Earth, according to NASA. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

A sample collected from asteroid Bennu shows that our solar system ... Researchers have been studying the 121-gram sample since it was dropped into the Utah desert by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission ...

This “super-resolution” view of the asteroid Bennu was created using eight images obtained by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Oct. 29 from about 205 miles away.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe dropped off samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023, and now those samples have been analyzed by researchers for their contents.

This helped OSIRIS-REx to scoop up 121.6 g (4.29 oz), far more than the amount that would have made the mission a success. By returning the sample to Earth, the asteroid's chemical profile was ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...

Researchers are hoping the samples on board will provide clues about the origins of life and the early history of the solar system. OSIRIS-REx team sets Oct. 20 date to swipe samples from asteroid ...