Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955 Bennu after the mission returned its samples to Earth in 2023.

Credit: NASA Studies of the pristine asteroid sample material returned to Earth by NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission from the asteroid Bennu reveal further evidence of water, organics and other ...

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

This project's international partnerships include the Canadian Space Agency's OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter instrument and an asteroid sample science collaboration with JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission.

(Courtesy: James Di Loreto, Smithsonian) A sample of asteroid dirt brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission contains amino acids and the nucleobases of RNA and DNA, plus brines that could ...

"NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook on what we understand about the beginnings of our solar system," the statement reads WASHINGTON, January 30. /TASS/. Samples of rock ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces ... China plans to launch an asteroid sample return mission this year. Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the ...

the samples from Bennu contain an equal mixture of both, raising questions about why life on Earth veered towards one over the other. “OSIRIS-REx has been a highly successful mission,” said ...

Now, a mission by NASA to collect ... Ali Rogin (voice-over): The Osiris Rex spacecraft, now called Osiris Apex, which collected this extraordinary sample, is now aiming at a new target.

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

The researchers plan to compare the Ryugu sample with that taken from the asteroid Bennu when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returns to Earth later this year. Joshua Hawkins Writer Josh Hawkins has ...