NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the sample will be preserved for future generations of humanity, the best-case ...

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned a pristine sample from asteroid Bennu, scientists expected ancient space dust. Instead, early analysis revealed organic compounds, water-related minerals, and ...

The University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has been given a side job during its seven-year cruise to study and sample an asteroid named Bennu. The NASA spacecraft’s cameras will be looking for ...

Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space sample with a new twistScientists at Penn State; led by geoscientist ...

NASA has chosen the University of Arizona to head up a $800 million robotic mission to a nearby asteroid. Mike Drake, principal investigator on the OSIRIS-Rex mission and head of the UA’s Lunar and ...

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

That's because a fragment of it landed in the family driveway, where the Wilcocks saw it in the morning. They described it as if someone had thrown a piece of coal at the ground. It actually made a ...

As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for metaphors. Companies are selling a range of anti-drone devices, from guns that fire ...

It's been the lifeblood of New Orleans for centuries, and the Mississippi River, which leads the way for commerce here, has deep parallels to this year's wreck. I'm especially proud of Rex because of ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — We now know who will reign as this year’s King of Carnival! WGNO’s LBJ got a chance to talk to Rex about this honor of a lifetime. This year’s King of Carnival is longtime Rex ...

Partial T. rex skeleton unearthed in southwest North Dakota dig site MARY STEURER North Dakota Monitor Nov 27, 2025 0 ...