NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

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

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

The U.S. probe that collected a sample from an asteroid earlier this week retrieved so much material that a rock is wedged the container door, allowing rocks to spill back out into space, NASA ...

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home.

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

One of the missions, currently on its way to an asteroid, has been saved, but the fate of several others depend on the ...

From oceans found on distant planets to a detailed map of a fly’s brain, these findings deepened our understanding of the world. In October, a study comprehensively mapped out the brains of fruit ...

Companies are getting in on the ground floor of mining asteroids in space for precious minerals and important terrestrial ...

the difference quickly evaporates with more important class A and B projects like the $558 million OSIRIS-REx, developed by Lockheed. Essentially, the paper finds, corporations excel at building ...