A small capsule containing the asteroid sample collected by the OSIRIS-REx probe is expected to touch down at the U.S.

Sep. 20, 2023 — The first use of a novel method of analyzing Mars' gravitational force supports the idea that the planet once had an extensive northern ocean. In doing so, the method defines the ...

A computer pilot helps NASA’s six-wheeled geologist as it searches for rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation. In about a third of the time it would have taken other NASA ...

A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through ...

Tiny metallic particles dredged up from the seafloor in the South Pacific could be the first substantial bits of material ever found from outside the solar system, according to test results ...

OSIRIS-REx is expected to bring asteroid material of mass weighing about 250 grams to the Earth. The sample return capsule is ...

Scientists claim they have recovered material that originated outside our solar system for the first time in history. Alien-hunting Harvard physicist Professor Avi Loeb said early analysis of ...

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has beamed back its first photo of the moon's surface following its triumphant landing on Wednesday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) posted the ...

Scientists claim they have recovered the first ever "alien" objects as material that originated outside our solar system has been found. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb conducted research that found small ...

Screaming into Earth's atmosphere Sunday at 7 miles per second, a precious ½-pound sample of rocks and dust from an asteroid ...

Mars has called to us since ancient times. To humans across the eons, the red-tinted speck glinting in the night sky has garnered special attention, with myths and legends wound around its ...

The convicted killer appeared to have lost weight behind bars, and was seen at times grimacing as his lawyers tried to push a ...