Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin Jack Tamisiea A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample ...
Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...
Each one of these discoveries is a rehearsal… next time, we’ll be ready to send a spacecraft,” noted Dr. Franck Marchis of ...
The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
An international team of scientists has examined dust grains gathered by the NASA Stardust spacecraft and brought back to Earth – and has discovered that they originated in the interstellar dust ...