"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...

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Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

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

Quincy native Beth Buck, a former program manager at Lockheed Martin’s Deep Space Exploration Mission Operations, will present an overview of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. This ambitious project to ...

Margaret Hamilton, lead Apollo flight software design, standing next to listings of the Apollo Guidance Computer source code. Courtesy NASA/Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

For example, in the recent OSIRIS-REx sample return mission, a sample collected from near-earth asteroid Bennu was sealed in an airtight container on its return to the earth. This ensured no ...

Actor Priyanka Chopra took her fans on a nostalgic trip down memory lane by sharing a series of adorable childhood pictures. The actor posted a collection of photos showcasing her childhood ...