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

Nasa's Osiris-Rex capsule will come screaming into Earth's atmosphere on Sunday at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet. ... Unsung women behind moon landing celebrated in art.

On Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu, completing a seven-year journey that could provide insights into how life originated on Earth.

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected the samples three years ago from the surface of Bennu and then dropped them off sealed in a capsule during a flyby of Earth last month.

OSIRIS-REx will now travel to and study Apophis, another near-Earth asteroid, for 18 months. The spacecraft's name will change to OSIRIS-APEX for OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer.

The family-friendly variety show, celebrating through art and science the arrival of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission at the asteroid Bennu, will be presented by the University of Arizona College of ...

OSIRIS-REx orbited Bennu from 2018 to 2020 as researchers studied the asteroid. During the observation period, the mission team discovered that Bennu's makeup contains a high concentration of ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft recently dropped off precious cargo — sending a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu tumbling through Earth’s atmosphere to land in the Utah desert.A team ...

The team focused on periods when researchers knew OSIRIS-REx’s position relative to Bennu to within a meter (3.3 feet), based on images the spacecraft was taking of the asteroid’s surface.

The Children’s Museum Tucson will offer free admission and special space-themed activities on Sunday to celebrate the successful completion of the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx asteroid ...

Osiris-Rex lowered itself down to the asteroid - holding its grabbing mechanism on the end of a 3m-long (10ft) boom. The idea was to slap the surface and, at the same time, give out a blast of ...