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

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

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

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

A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...

The document builds on the academies' decadal survey, outlining recommended missions for NASA's next New Frontiers program.

Buck’s presentation will include the initial analysis of the material that was returned to Earth 17 months ago and highlight ...

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.

OSIRIS-REx returned Bennu samples to Earth in 2023, helping scientists uncover secrets about the origins of life.

On Friday the 13th (yes, really) of April 2029, Earth will avoid an apocalyptic event by an astronomical hair’s breadth as the asteroid Apophis, streaks by. It will come closer to Earth than the ...

NASA is currently flying a mission to visit a world very rich in iron estimated to be worth trillions of dollars. Learn how such a world could exist by learning what asteroids and meteorites are like.