NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...