At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to ...

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

For a unique museum experience, head to this Montana establishment that displays quirky historical artifacts and is often ...

Vitamins and minerals aren't just important for bodily function. They're essential to aging well. As we age, our risk for low vitamin consumption increases, partly because our body no longer ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...

Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a spacecraft from the asteroid Bennu. Here's what they ...

Analyses of rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu collected and brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show the presence of abundant mineral salts and amino acids revealing unknown ...

A Surprising Discovery NASA loaned the Smithsonian multiple Bennu samples (one of which ... prompted McCoy to examine mineral specimens in the museum's National Mineral Collection that contained the ...

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.

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...