Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is simple — click on the boulders you see in a detailed image of a distant space rock. That straightforward task could steer NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission ...

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu, it discovered more rocks and boulders than envisioned. Mapping all these potential hazards was necessary to select a location ...

This three-dimensional view of asteroid Bennu was created by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), contributed by the Canadian Space Agency, on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. From Feb. 12 through 17, ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will collect a sample from the asteroid's surface later this month. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The Osiris-Rex mission to asteroid Bennu needs extra eyes to scope out a safe spot for grabbing a sample of the rock. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus ...

NASA has given the public its first high-resolution look at asteroid Bennu's global surface. The details are revealed in a newly published global map of the asteroid, one that is currently the focus ...

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Bits of rock and dust brought back from the distant asteroid Bennu contain some of the chemical building blocks of life, NASA announced Wednesday, a discovery that strengthens the theory that ...

Wes Anderson’s latest film Asteroid City (streaming now on Peacock) features a story within a story, two tightly connected narratives whirling around one another under the force of their collective ...

With OSIRIS-REx in close orbit around Bennu, we’ve already seen some pretty amazing up-close shots of the asteroid. And now, NASA has released a full global map of this rocky little world in ...

If you plan to visit asteroid (101955) Bennu, you'll need a new map. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) and NASA have decided that ...