NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, NASA revealed on Wednesday, offering more evidence for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from ...

A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system has finally been revealed. The rocks and dust contain water and a large amount of carbon, said ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to ...

ACTUALLY ON THE SIDE OF A LAUNCH THAT’S GOING TO BE AMAZING. OH, WELL, TODAY WAS A BIG DAY FOR NASA AS IT REVEALED ITS FIRST EVER RETRIEVED ASTRO VOID SAMPLE. PRETTY EXCITING. METEOROLOGIST HEATHER ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is in the final stages of preparation to send its first sample of ...