Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

Analyzing a sample from an asteroid named Bennu reveals the chemicals necessary to form DNA and RNA.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

Project scientist Jason Dworkin at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center reflected upon this puzzle when he asked "Why was Earth special?" Sample return capsule from NASA's Osiris-Rex mission at the ...

Officials behind the Osiris-Rex probe, which landed on Bennu earlier this week, say the collection operation may have performed too well. Pictures beamed back to Earth show a rock has wedged open ...

And now, the daring OSIRIS-REx mission is bearing scientific fruit ... Glavin, senior scientist for sample return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Corals appear stationary ...

FILE PHOTO: The return capsule containing a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft ...