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

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

On October 20, 2020, a robot carefully scooped up 121.6 grams of the most expensive dirt in the solar system.That robot, a ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Her baby couldn’t make it home for the holidays, but at least Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina had some out-of-this-world snapshots to keep herself warm. DellaGiustina is principal investigator for NASA’s ...

This is a national moment that demands sustained strategic focus from policymakers, defense leaders and academic institutions ...

Pandora, the latest in a long portfolio of University of Arizona's space science missions, has cleared its last major ...

Based on their analysis, the team found that a type of asteroid rich in the minerals olivine and spinel could serve as an ideal target for future mining missions, because those minerals are associated ...

Pandora, a University of Arizona satellite, is locked and loaded for launch into space, which is just hours away.

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.