The NASA spacecraft almost sunk into the loosely packed surface when it descended to collect its sample in 2020. This helped OSIRIS-REx to scoop up 121.6 g (4.29 oz), far more than the amount that ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

Why Trust Us? Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023 ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

The doorbell camera caught it all. A crew wheels the OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample return capsule into a cleanroom on Sept. 24, 2023. Credit: NASA / Keegan Barber NASA's $800 million OSIRIS-Rex ...

The sample was collected from Bennu in October 2020 by a NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx, or Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer. It marked the ...

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Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955 Bennu after the mission returned its samples to Earth in 2023.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned 121.6 grams of sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu in September 2023 -- the largest sample ever returned to Earth. Now, an international team of OSIRIS-REx ...

OREX-800044-101, the sample that was analysed by the Japanese members of the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team. Credit: Yasuhiro Oba One of the reasons that the discovery is so significant is that ...

For months, NASA was unable to open the sample container from the Osiris-Rex asteroid probe. It was found to contain over 51 grams. NASA's Osiris-Rex probe has brought a total of 121.6 grams of ...

The NASA spacecraft almost sunk into the loosely packed surface when it descended to collect its sample in 2020. This helped OSIRIS-REx to scoop up 121.6 g (4.29 oz), far more than the amount that ...