The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Get a closer look at the space industry with Illinois native Coralie Adam in “Exploring Space” live via Zoom from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

OSIRIS-REx returned Bennu samples to Earth in 2023, helping scientists uncover secrets about the origins of life.

Destiny 2’s endgame PvP activity, Trials of Osiris, returned for its first fixture in Episode Heresy on February 14, and long-awaited changes make it the easiest source of endgame weapons.

Scientists have discovered traces of organic compounds in asteroid samples brought back by NASA, a finding that could suggest essential building blocks of life were distributed throughout the solar ...

On Friday the 13th (yes, really) of April 2029, Earth will avoid an apocalyptic event by an astronomical hair’s breadth as the asteroid Apophis, streaks by. It will come closer to Earth than the ...

NASA is currently flying a mission to visit a world very rich in iron estimated to be worth trillions of dollars. Learn how such a world could exist by learning what asteroids and meteorites are like.