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

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

The nitrogen in the gum was found to be in nitrogen heterocycles, which are the building blocks of nucleobases in DNA and RNA ...

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

LifeTracer is not a universal life detector. Rather, it provides a foundation for interpreting complex organic mixtures. The Bennu findings remind us that life-friendly chemistry may be widespread ...

Bennu samples reveal biological sugars, a strange, gum-like material, and ancient stardust that shed light on the early solar ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is officially confirmed for NCMA Nexus Mission Days, bringing direct insight from the agency driving some of the most ambitious missions in ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured Earth and moon images during a gravity-assist flyby, confirming instrument functionality and maintaining course for its 2029 encounter with asteroid Apophis.

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A distant discovery that's as sweet as can be! Here's the new evidence for "bioessential sugars" contained in asteroids, courtesy of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. 🪨🛰️ Wet snow to rain overnight, with ...

Reba McEntire is smitten with her fiancé, actor Rex Linn, if her touching birthday tribute to the 69-year-old is anything to go by. The country icon took to Instagram to share a sweet message on Rex's ...