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 mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

On September 24, 2023, a 4.3-ounce Bennu sample—perfectly preserved within OSIRIS-REx’s nitrogen-filled glovebox—crash-landed in the Utah desert. “NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is ...

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NASA has a unique mission: to help us better understand our world and our universe. It’s a broad mandate, and, yes, involves a lot of facts and data. Scientists at NASA publish papers ...

NASA astronaut Sunni Williams outside the ISS during a spacewalk that set a new record for women astronauts on January 16, 2025. Credit: NASA NASA is working to comply with President Donald Trump ...

Scientists from NASA and other institutions reported the findings of the first in-depth analysis of the minerals and ...

This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in close proximity to the asteroid for over two years. Credit ...