NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe dropped off samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023, and now those samples have been analyzed by researchers for their contents.

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral composition matching lunar rocks. Researchers propose it could have been ...

"NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook on what we understand about the beginnings of our solar system," the statement reads ...

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

SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...

Discoveries from an asteroid that contain the building blocks of life are making waves in the scientific community, and one ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world..

Rock and dust samples from the Bennu asteroid contain molecules that are the "key to life" on Earth, NASA officials announced ...

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, a near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 ...