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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA and its partners have published the first wave of information about the samples collected in the OSIRIS-REx mission.

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

This image provided by NASA shows a top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside.

Project scientist Jason Dworkin at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center reflected upon this puzzle when he asked "Why was Earth special?" Sample return capsule from NASA's Osiris-Rex mission at the ...

And now, the daring OSIRIS-REx mission is bearing scientific fruit ... Glavin, senior scientist for sample return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Corals appear stationary ...