NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, scientists have unlocked the mystery behind the jagged, boulder-covered surface of asteroid Bennu. The new findings, published in Nature Communications, overturn ...

A rugged Martian landscape that resembles a vast spiderweb when seen from orbit is offering new insights into the planet’s ...

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

NASA scientists say they have finally pinned down why asteroid Bennu looks so jagged and chaotic up close. Images and measurements from the OSIRIS-REx mission show that relentless sunlight, swinging ...

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Rocket Lab wants NASA to open up the Mars Sample Return program to commercial competition, arguing it can carry out the mission faster and cheaper than the agency's alternatives. Credit: Rocket Lab ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...

NASA wants to commission a Mars Sample Return mission to retrieve soil and air samples collected by the Perseverance Rover on Mars. Multiple space companies are bidding on the work. Rocket Lab has the ...

NASA is pondering a Mars mission that could cost $11 billion and take 15 years to complete. Rocket Lab says it can accomplish NASA's goal for $4 billion, and do it in six years. The contract would ...

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