Scientists have found the building blocks of life in samples collected from the asteroid by a spacecraft.
Scientists have started analyzing the material samples returned to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
An initial analysis of the sample collected from the asteroid Bennu has yielded some promising results.
The spacecraft touched down in the Utah desert after a seven-year journey to and from the asteroid Bennu.
At a news conference yesterday, the space agency revealed how likely it is that the asteroid will hit us.
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft is now on its way back to Earth with samples collected from the asteroid Bennu.
The space probe has successfully pulled off an ambitious landing maneuver on an asteroid 200 million miles away.
The larger space rock from which Bennu was formed may have once had water flowing across its surface.
A clay tablet has been found to depict a demon that the ancient Assyrians believed was responsible for seizures.
Scientists at NASA have revealed that there is a lot more to this unassuming space rock than meets the eye.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has captured detailed images of the potentially hazardous asteroid.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe seems to have hit the jackpot within a week of arriving at its destination.
A NASA probe that launched back in 2016 has drawn up alongside an asteroid that could one day strike Earth.
Rather than ramming or nuking a large space rock, scientists have suggested simply covering it in paint.
The $1 billion space probe is set to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to the Earth.