The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying ...

New insights from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission have unveiled intriguing clues about the potential origins of life on Earth. The ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, a renamed version of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, is set to rendezvous with Apophis in June 2029. The spacecraft will map the asteroid’s surface and analyze its ...

Bennu samples brought back by a University of Arizona-led space mission contain the key ingredients of life and signs of the ...

NASA has unveiled discoveries made from examining samples taken from the asteroid Bennu, which shed light on how widely the ...

OSIRIS-REx has a new goal, and a new name — OSIRIS-APEX (APEX = APophis EXplorer) — as it will rendezvous with asteroid Apophis just after the close encounter with Earth in April 2029.

For months, NASA was unable to open the sample container from the Osiris-Rex asteroid probe. It was found to contain over 51 ...

It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first discovered the notorious Apophis in 2004, which was eventually dismissed as a threat when it approaches in 2029. NASA and the ...