More than 200 million miles away from Earth, the asteroid Beenu received a brief visitor yesterday. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched the asteroid in ...

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx reached the asteroid Bennu in December 2018, the team were met with a rock that was rougher than expected. “We ...

It took a little over two years and more than two billion kilometers of cruising, but NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made it. The asteroid ...

The last time OSIRIS-REx was this close to Earth it was flying through the humid skies above Florida on its way to space. ...

First used by NOAA decades ago, lidar uses one or more lasers to send out short pulses which bounce back to it after ...

Pluto with New Horizons. Jupiter with Juno. And soon, asteroid Bennu with OSIRIS-REx. The third mission of the New Frontiers program launched yesterday, ...

Yes, asteroid Bennu has a chance of hitting Earth. No, you shouldn’t worry about it. Let’s dive into the facts without the click ...

Under the New Frontiers program, NASA has launched a pair of inspiring missions to explore the unknown within our solar system. New Horizons ...