How did life originate? Did it form on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system and was it seeded on Earth by impact of an ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

On October 20, 2020, a robot carefully scooped up 121.6 grams of the most expensive dirt in the solar system.That robot, a ...

New experiments suggest that RNA, a crucial molecule for life, could have naturally formed on early Earth or even arrived from space via asteroids.

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Her baby couldn’t make it home for the holidays, but at least Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina had some out-of-this-world snapshots to keep herself warm. DellaGiustina is principal investigator for NASA’s ...

Amirali Aghazadeh receives funding from Georgia Tech. When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. RESTON, Va., Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is officially ...