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About 8.8 ounces of rocky material was brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx in late September. - OSIRIS-REx Brought More Than 60 Grams Of Asteroid Sample To Earth: NASA

Scientists with NASA and the University of Arizona completed the first-ever U.S. mission to successfully retrieve part of an asteroid.

NASA has revealed the contents of the capsule it transported back from asteroid Bennu, and the sample it collected contains the building blocks of life.

Bennu asteroid sample, returned by OSIRIS-REx, contains more carbon than expected and significant amount of water, according to NASA.

NASA has revealed that the samples collected from asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show evidence of high-carbon content and water, which ar

The U.S. space agency NASA Wednesday October 11, 2023 said Asteroid Bennu sample contained water and carbon molecules both of which are essential for life.

NASA recently succeeded at bringing to Earth a sample collected from a distant asteroid, and this week it will show off the material for the first time.

NASA has announced that it's encountered a 'problem' with the asteroid sample returned by its OSIRIS-REx mission, but the space agency isn't worried.

US News: Scientists have discovered an unexpected surplus of dark material on the interior surfaces of a sample container from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. T

By Gianine Figliozzi