NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

On October 20, 2020, a robot carefully scooped up 121.6 grams of the most expensive dirt in the solar system.That robot, a ...

This is a national moment that demands sustained strategic focus from policymakers, defense leaders and academic institutions ...

When it comes to asteroid samples, you can never have too much of a good thing. On Wednesday, jubilant NASA officials offered the first glimpse of their surprising haul from the University of ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Pandora, the latest in a long portfolio of University of Arizona's space science missions, has cleared its last major ...

Pandora, a University of Arizona satellite, is locked and loaded for launch into space, which is just hours away.

Based on their analysis, the team found that a type of asteroid rich in the minerals olivine and spinel could serve as an ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.