NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has collected as much as several hundred grams of asteroid ...

Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in ...

NASA scientists revealed the sample collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission from near-Earth asteroid Bennu for the first time Wednesday.

NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the ...

NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life Asteroid Bennu keeps delivering new discoveries.

NASA has run into a problem while trying to open its first asteroid sample return from the asteroid Bennu; there's an abundance of material.

Scientists have scarcely begun studying pristine material from asteroid Bennu that was brought back to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx mission, but they have already found several surprises ...

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has proposed a new, relatively cheaper plan that could save NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...

The spacecraft grabbed so much of the asteroid Bennu, its sample-collection device got jammed. Now the material is safe and sound. A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the ...

NASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. New work tracking the debris has found a few fairly large surprises.

It's the first U.S. mission to grab a sample of an asteroid. These are the most precious space souvenirs NASA has obtained since the Apollo moon rocks, gathered between 1969 and 1972.