Ancient asteroid samples contain crucial clues about the solar system, a new study has revealed. The study, published in Nature Astronomy, presents findings from Japanese Hayabusa2, a mission ...

After seven years of space flight and billions of miles traveled, the first asteroid sample landed safely on Earth on Sunday. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission capsule contains an 8.8-ounce asteroid sample ...

Just over a year after Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid to Earth, scientists have determined that the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu is a pristine remnant from ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Scientists at the Johnson Space Center in Houston now have their hands on the first asteroid sample ever obtained by the United States. The material could reveal unprecedented ...

Meteorites are messengers from the depths of time—cast-off fragments of asteroids and comets that formed alongside our sun from raw materials predating our star. But their messages are often muddled ...

An artists concept of the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu. NASA'S Goddard Space ...

Scientists are optimistic that samples of the Sun that arrived in Houston on Monday will provide important information on the history and origin of the solar system. Following an extensive recovery ...

A NASA solar probe is expected to blast off this week on a dramatic mission to catch some rays. Not only will the $164 million Genesis spacecraft collect samples of our sun’s solar wind, it will bring ...