In an October update, NASA officials explained that the top of the canister, which has been previously estimated to hold ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission narrowly avoided a parachute failure, with an investigation revealing the cause and stressing the need ...

For those watching NASA's live video coverage of the OSIRIS-REx mission's return to Earth, there were hints that something ...

NASA thinks it knows why the OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe's return capsule failed to deploy its drogue parachute as planned ...

Astronomers hold a profound fascination with asteroids. These remnants are a relic from the formation of the solar system ...

The rare event will occur late Monday into early Tuesday. Weather permitting, it should be visible to millions of people ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu was a smashing success. The spacecraft delivered its payload of pristine asteroid regolith in September when the sample canister ...

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, has arrived at London's Natural History Museum for ...

A picture taken by one of the rovers on the asteroid's surface. The white area on the right is due to sunlight Japan's space agency (JAXA) has made history by successfully landing two robotic ...

The sample of the space rock Bennu that OSIRIS-REx collected could unlock an ancient existential mystery Chris Klimek Host, "There's More to That" The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule (foreground ...

Is the key to life on Earth contained within a teaspoon of black asteroid dust that's arrived in London? Scientists at the ...

‘We're really lucky,’ says Dr Ashley King, a meteorite researcher at the Natural History Museum, who will be part of the team ...