NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was launched September 8, 2016. In two years, the probe, which has traveled 6.2 billion kilometers, eventually reached the asteroidandcarried out soil sampling, starting ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins necessary for life on our planet. And during a NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx, scientists found 14 of them on an asteroid millions of kilometers away, ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex mission has uncovered invaluable samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing ancient salty minerals and amino acids. This discovery suggests that asteroids could have contributed to the ...

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 after ...

Cape Canaveral: NASA's groundbreaking asteroid sample mission has delivered some surprising revelations, hinting that the building blocks for life could have been mixed with salty water from ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has revealed exciting evidence of the precursors of life in the pieces of space ...

The samples were taken from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu by the NASA mission OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. attempt to retrieve and analyze samples from an asteroid. The findings do not show evidence ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought samples from asteroid Bennu to Earth, revealing molecules essential for life and a history of saltwater. While these findings don’t show evidence of life, they ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.