The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...
A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...
The document builds on the academies' decadal survey, outlining recommended missions for NASA's next New Frontiers program.
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
Bennu was the target for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission, which touched down briefly on the space rock in October 2020 to gather over 4 ounces of material, and then brought that sample ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. While the odds of Bennu impacting Earth may sound alarming, they're not entirely unexpected ...
New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...
To realize its vision, AstroForge will have to do this orders of magnitude cheaper. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission cost over $770 ...
Two stories under the Physics Building, the particle accelerator in Purdue's PRIME Labs produces data that researchers have ...
Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...