NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s original mission was to fly to the asteroid Bennu, where it was mean to briefly land on the body’s presumably rocky surface, collect a small sample, and head back home.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft had a mission in 2020: fly to Bennu, an asteroid about 200 million miles from earth, land briefly, collect a small sample, and return home. But its mission was thwarted, ...

After analyzing data gathered when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample from asteroid Bennu in October 2020, scientists have learned something astonishing: The spacecraft would have sunk ...

Pre-pandemic, ball pits were a thing. Filled with colorful plastic balls and teeming with kids, they were a staple of fast-food play areas, birthday parties and fun centers. Hip Instagrammable ...

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DETROIT — Yes, ball pits are just as filthy as you'd expect. A study by the University of North Georgia found ball pits in physical therapy offices were crawling with microbes, including some pretty ...

Kids can be kids and adults can be kids at a gigantic ball pit which will soon be located inside a Downtown Detroit high-rise. The same people behind Downtown Detroit’s indoor skating rink, Library ...