Carbon and water are so common on Earth that they're barely worth mentioning. But not if you're a scientist. They…
NASA teams have started the intricate process of removing the samples of asteroid Bennu from their canister.
A pair of studies published in Science and Science Advances have helped identify that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource…
Scientists are fortunate enough to have detailed, close-up views of the near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu. Both asteroids have a…
Asteroid Bennu is one of the two most hazardous known asteroids in our Solar System. Luckily, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral…
According to statements made by JAXA, the samples returned by the Hayabusa 2 mission included black sand and gases obtained…
NASA's Osiris Rex mission has just reached a major milestone with a successful collection of a sample of material from…
Is there such as thing as too much asteroid? Scientists and engineers for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx decided to perform an “early…
Out in the asteroid belt, 207 million miles (334 million km) from Earth, a little spacecraft briefly touched down on…
Today’s the day! The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is going to reach out and boop asteroid Bennu! You can watch the broadcast…