NASA’s Psyche mission, deeply connected to MIT, aims to explore a metal-rich asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, believed to be the core of a primitive…
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NASA’s initial studies on the asteroid Bennu sample, brought to Earth, reveal high-carbon content and water, hinting at potential building blocks of life on Earth.…
This illustration depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, the target of NASA’s mission of the same name. Based on data obtained from Earth, scientists believe…
NASA’s Psyche mission will explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid, likely made largely of nickel-iron metal mixed…
NASA curation team members along with Lockheed Martin recovery specialists look on after the successful removal of the sample return canister lid. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz…
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, September 24, 2023, at the Department of…
NASA’s Psyche mission to a distant metal asteroid will carry a revolutionary Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
Lockheed Martin Recovery Specialists Levi Hanish and Michael Kaye remove the lid of the sample return canister. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowiz NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
This illustration depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Now that fueling and testing are complete, NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, September 24, 2023, at the Department of…
This image shows recovery teams participating in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission on August…
This illustration depicts NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just after releasing the sample capsule toward Earth. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Doppler data indicates that NASAEstablished…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, after visiting the ancient asteroid Bennu, is en route to Earth with a sample from the asteroid. Captured in this image by ESA’s…
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission at the Department of Defense’s…
On September 17, NASA adjusted the trajectory of its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to fine-tune the landing site for its sample capsule due to return to Earth…
OSIRIS-REx collected a half-pound sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu in October 2020. The mission’s sample return capsule will land with aid of a…
The sample return capsule experiences maximum heating in Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab Here’s How the September 24 Asteroid Sample Delivery…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected…
The Far-Flung Origin of Life’s Building Blocks: Researchers Uncover “Completely Unexpected” Findings
Many of Earth’s volatiles came from beyond Jupiter. Credit: Imperial College London/NASA Imperial College London researchers have discovered the probable distant origin of Earth’s volatile…
This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, 1I/’Oumuamua, discovered in 2017. The wayward object swung within 24 million miles…