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Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought back 121.6 grams of material from asteroid Bennu -- doubling the sample return goal, NASA has

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought back 121.6 grams of material from asteroid Bennu -- doubling the sample return goal, NASA has announced.Rocky material -- dust and pebbles -- collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in 2020 was brought ...

A first look at materials from asteroid Bennu sparks speculation that the space rock was once part of an ancient, watery protoplanet

Scientists are working hard to analyze samples of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, with early results suggesting it may even be a chunk of an ancient water world.

Space.com caught up with two leading scientists now engaged in extracting and analyzing samples of asteroid Bennu retrieved by NASAs OSIRIS-Rex mission.

Space.com caught up with two leading scientists now engaged in extracting and analyzing samples of asteroid Bennu retrieved by NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission.

We live in a strange world, and as Neil Armstrong once said, there are "great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of the truth’s protective layers." NASA...

American space agency NASA says it now has full access to the contents of the OSIRIS-REx sampler, should retrieve all asteroid pieces soon

NASA lifted the lid of its OSIRIS-REx sample container, collected from millions of miles away on asteroid Bennu. The space agency photographed the contents inside.

The mission hopes to advance space exploration using a lightweight lander and a high-precision landing system.