NASA unveils asteroid sample that could reveal details about life on Earth
NASA revealed Wednesday that newly returned samples from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid contain traces of carbon and water — molecules that…
Mars Sample-Return Missions Could Reduce Tensions with China on Earth
In September NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) independent review board (IRB), led by the agency’s former “Mars czar” Orlando Figueroa,…
Bringing Mars Rocks to Earth Could Cost an Astronomical $11 Billion
Humanity’s biggest and most ambitious plan to search for extraterrestrial life is about to go back to the drawing board.…
NASA astronaut returns to Earth after 371 days in space, a US record for longest continuous spaceflight
A NASA astronaut now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight after returning to Earth Wednesday, but the feat…
Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe?
No one can predict the future. But sometimes we can get a solid idea of what’s coming by looking at…
NASA capsule brings sample from asteroid to Earth for the first time in American history: ‘We have touchdown!’
For the first time in U.S. history, samples from an asteroid in deep space that were captured by NASA fell…
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth
A capsule containing precious samples from an asteroid landed safely on Earth on Sunday, the culmination of a roughly 4-billion-mile…
OSIRIS-REx’s Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth
UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE–Yes, it came from outer space. An extraterrestrial express delivery package from afar has landed safe…
The Ozone Hole Showed Humans Could Damage Earth and That We Could Heal It
A worldwide effort to heal damage to the ozone layer is showing early progress. Earth’s ozone layer acts as a…
5 asteroids to pass Earth this week, including one as big as a house: NASA
Five asteroids — including one as big as a house and another as big as a plane — are expected…