OSIRIS-REx lands capsule with asteroid Bennu samples

After traveling billions of miles, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission has landed a capsule with rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu in the Utah desert.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 26, 2023 ~10 min

Solar wind flows in ‘switchbacks and spikes’

The Parker Solar Probe data clarifies the sun's magnetic activity—and may bolster our ability to predict dangerous solar wind events, researchers say.

Jim Lynch-Michigan • futurity
May 1, 2020 ~7 min


NASA mission finds its first exoplanet that may be habitable

Thanks to NASA's TESS spacecraft, scientists have discovered two amazing new worlds: A potentially habitable exoplanet and one with two suns.

U. Chicago • futurity
Jan. 13, 2020 ~7 min

NASA’s Parker probe reveals new solar oddities

The first observations from NASA's Parker Solar Probe "will fundamentally change our understanding of the sun," researchers say.

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 9, 2019 ~7 min

Years-old Mars rover gets a new trick

Six and a half years into its mission on the red planet, scientists are still finding new ways to use NASA's Curiosity rover.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Feb. 1, 2019 ~5 min

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