NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been circling the primitive asteroid Bennu for more than a year now, with mission control gearing up for its sample collection maneuver later this year. The unmanned ...

An automated droplet-based surface sampling probe can help a surgeon to determine whether a patient's tissue is cancerous - while that patient is still on the operating table. Researchers from the ...

Hayabusa2 will zoom by the asteroid 2001 CC21 in 2026, if all goes according to plan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

The OSIRIS-REx team will work to stow the sample as fast as possible to minimize mass loss. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown through the Sun’s corona again, completing its 27th close approach to the star and once ...

NASA’s pioneering OSIRIS-REx probe has bagged up its precious asteroid sample for return to Earth. OSIRIS-REx has finished stowing the bits of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu that it snagged last ...

Following a two-year journey, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is beginning to close in on its target, the primitive asteroid Bennu. As part of its preparations for this highly anticipated encounter, ...

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