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"There is some black dust-like material that's visible. We're hoping that's from Bennu."

To study the planets, someone has to go there: Either a human or a bot launches into space to physically explore other worlds. Scientists who study extraterrestrial materials can’t usually bring their work home.That’s exactly what’s happened this mon

In a first-of-its-kind mission for NASA, dust and rocks collected from an asteroid streaked through the Earth’s atmosphere in a capsule and landed in a military range in Utah on

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND mission for NASA, dust and rocks collected from an asteroid streaked through the Earth’s atmosphere in a capsule and landed in a

As NASA saw its first asteroid sample return to Earth, three museums took particular notice, knowing they had been chosen to display small examples of the material.

After delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is heading to Apophis. The asteroid will come within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029.

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample return mission ended Sunday with a successful capsule landing. The spacecraft's next stop is Apophis.

Not to depress you, Tingasiga, but I should let you know that of the one million known asteroids in our Solar System, Bennu is considered one of the most likely to hit Earth one of these days

This is not the first Brian May has worked with Nasa in one of their missions