ACTUALLY ON THE SIDE OF A LAUNCH THAT’S GOING TO BE AMAZING. OH, WELL, TODAY WAS A BIG DAY FOR NASA AS IT REVEALED ITS FIRST EVER RETRIEVED ASTRO VOID SAMPLE. PRETTY EXCITING. METEOROLOGIST HEATHER ...

A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of carbon, said ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known as “Silver Mountain,” the rock core has been sealed into a tube so it can ...

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NASA’s first asteroid sample is the most pristine sample of its kind. Now, back on Earth, the sample from asteroid Bennu has already delivered surprising findings about the early solar system and ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to ...

For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell to Earth and landed in the Utah desert on Sunday, ending a seven-year journey. The Osiris-Rex ...