A small capsule containing the asteroid sample collected by the OSIRIS-REx probe is expected to touch down at the U.S.

Sep. 20, 2023 — The first use of a novel method of analyzing Mars' gravitational force supports the idea that the planet once had an extensive northern ocean. In doing so, the method defines the ...

A recent study submitted to Acta Astronautica and currently available on the arXiv preprint server explores the potential for ...

A computer pilot helps NASA’s six-wheeled geologist as it searches for rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation. In about a third of the time it would have taken other NASA ...

NASA and the European Space Agency are developing plans for one of the most ambitious campaigns ever attempted in space: bringing the first samples of Mars ...

A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through ...

Scientists claim they have recovered material that originated outside our solar system for the first time in history. Alien-hunting Harvard physicist Professor Avi Loeb said early analysis of ...

Tiny metallic particles dredged up from the seafloor in the South Pacific could be the first substantial bits of material ever found from outside the solar system, according to test results ...

OSIRIS-REx is expected to bring asteroid material of mass weighing about 250 grams to the Earth. The sample return capsule is ...

Tucked inside a protective heat shield, the asteroid sample should touch down Sunday at the military-controlled Utah Test and ...

The convicted killer appeared to have lost weight behind bars, and was seen at times grimacing as his lawyers tried to push a ...