TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Tucson Gem & Mineral show is celebrating 70 years since it held its first show. It’s organized by ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

A Surprising Discovery NASA loaned the Smithsonian multiple Bennu samples ... mineral specimens in the museum’s National Mineral Collection that contained the compound. He also reached out ...

These specimens are from the U.S. National Mineral Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and show the minerals observed in Bennu samples as formed and found on Earth.

These specimens are from the U.S. National Mineral Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and show the minerals observed in Bennu samples as formed and found on Earth.

Scientists have discovered a unique sequence of minerals that formed from evaporated water in samples from Bennu.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

These specimens are from the U.S. National Mineral Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and show the minerals observed in Bennu samples as formed and found on Earth.

Today, her carving of a labradorite sunstone from Plush, Ore., is part of the Smithsonian’s gem and mineral collection in Washington, D.C., and her work has won more than 20 prizes at the ...

The 'Treasures, Royal Gems & Jewellery,' colloquium held in Lisbon explored the history, preservation and public role of royal gems and jewels ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...