Scientists studying dust and rock from asteroid Bennu say they are holding something close to a time capsule from before ...

Lockheed Martin system safety engineer Victoria Theim checks out the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule after its Utah desert landing. (NASA Photo / Keegan Barber) Seven years and 4 billion miles after ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

The asteroid sample collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just experienced its second touchdown in only two days. The sample — a stash of dirt and gravel that the probe snagged from the asteroid ...

A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of carbon, said ...

The NASA mission – designed, built and flown by Lockheed Martin – aims to uncover new learnings about the building blocks of life in our solar system UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Utah, Sept. 24, 2023 ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe captured photos during the release of its return capsule last month, preserving the historic moment for posterity. Those images, which the space agency released on ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has collected as much as several hundred grams of asteroid material, ...

After years of anticipation and hard work by the mission team, the University of Arizona-led NASA OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully landed a capsule with rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu in ...

The agency will give us our first look at the mission's pristine asteroid sample today (Oct. 10) at 11 a.m. ET. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...