Originally deployed to record re-entry signals of the OSIRIS-REx return capsule, a T-shaped fiber optic cable draped across ...

When it landed on Mars in 2021, the Perseverance rover set out to collect roughly 30 samples of soil from the red planet. The ...

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A team of US astronomers has carried out one of the deepest analyses to date of a sample from the asteroid Bennu, revealing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it ...

Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have uncovered a surprisingly complex chemical landscape at the tiniest scales.

Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, had been studied for years using powerful telescopes. From a distance, it seemed fairly simple. Researchers expected a mix of rocks and smoother areas, maybe even patches ...

Tiny bits of asteroid Bennu that landed in Houston are doing a lot more than sitting in a display case. Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center say the fragments have finally solved a years long ...

X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) scans of two asteroid Bennu particles CurtainToggle2-Up Image Details These are X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu. They show the ...

Bennu looked far different up close than scientists expected, and that mismatch led to a deeper investigation into how asteroid surfaces behave. What researchers found in returned samples helped ...

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The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a NASA planetary science mission showed the asteroid was actually more rough and jagged than previously expected. NASA's ...