This view of sample site Nightingale on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on March 3. A total of 345 PolyCam images were stitched together to produce the ...

The first asteroid sample collected in space by NASA arrived on Earth Sunday, Sept. 24, and there are multiple events leading up to its landing. NASA’s live coverage of the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, ...

HOUSTON, Texas (ABC4) – OSIRIS-Rex is continuing to make NASA scientists work hard to get answers. The space capsule’s sample delivered nearly 10 more grams of sample from the Asteroid Bennu than ...

OSIRIS-REx has just completed its lowest pass over the site yet, just 820 feet (250 meters) from the surface. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA made history on Tuesday as its spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, landed on an ancient asteroid 200 million miles away from Earth to collect dust and pebbles from the surface. OSIRIS-REx launched in 2016.

It'll be a delicate operation to collect samples from Bennu and return them to Earth, but we could learn a great deal from the pristine material on the asteroid. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...