200 million miles from planet Earth, NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft is attempting to collect material from Bennu, a small asteroid
Adding up all of the mass in every asteroid in our entire solar system totals only less than the mass of our Moon. Despite their...
A team of astronomers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Pennsylvania, Flatiron Institute, and Queen’s University has spotted two shells in...
The Orionids meteor shower is peaking this week, bringing about 15 to 20 shooting stars per hour.
The mission calls for Osiris-Rex to shoot out pressurised nitrogen gas to stir up the surface, then suck up any loose pebbles or dust.
This red light means “go” for medical discoveries
As the number of coronavirus cases in Europe continues to grow and concerns mount that hospitals may again not be able to cope, governments are turning...
Strategy shows promise, but has some drawbacks
Ultraviolet illuminates the origins of the solar system
Mission OSIRIS-REx is set to unravel the rubbles of an asteroid. It's a mission that is 16 years in the making.