NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission has detected amino acids in the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, ...
Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.
A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...
Dailymotion Time-Lapse Orbit Animation Of OSIRIS-APEX's Epic Journey To Asteroid Apophis Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 10, 2025 The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to ...
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is unusually magnetic ...
In 2020, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe successfully touched the asteroid briefly, finding a loose collection of ...
"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...
This mission could also conduct a sample return, complementing the Hayabusa 1 and 2, OSIRIS-REx missions, and future attempts to explore NEAs. Asteroid YR4 was discovered on December 27 ...