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

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

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Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

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The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically large cuts to the space agency.

It's time for our annual listener question show, where we find answers to your burning science questions like: is the asteroid belt an exploded planet? Why can't whales breathe under water? What ...

The museum will unveil the first public display of the OSIRIS-REx mission samples on November 3.

In 2016, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft traveled to an asteroid called Bennu, collected 250 grams of rocks and dust, and then traveled 1.2 billion miles to return the samples to Earth. In ...

NASA has called the OSIRIS-Rex landing a historic success, the first U.S. mission to return samples of an asteroid to Earth.

Osiris-Rex: NASA returns sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth The capsule glowed red hot as it hit the upper atmosphere and plunged towards the Earth, with temperatures inside expected to peak at 2 ...