"NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook on what we understand about the beginnings of our solar system," the statement reads ...

In a triumph for NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, new findings suggest that tiny bits of rock retrieved from the ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer) spacecraft have revealed ...

However, identifying fractures using conventional ... the relationship between fracture density and brittle mineral content is analyzed through core analysis and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Then, ...

Nova Minerals has received final results from its ... which confirmed the initial discovery in 2023 when 60.5% was reported. Best rock samples for gold include 141 grams per tonne, reported ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. (KATV) — The Jacksonville Police Department (JPD) is requesting assistance in identifying an individual involved in a felony theft of property. He is reportedly driving a ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Officials with the North Little Rock Police Department identified the man who was killed in an officer-involved shooting after a robbery in December. According to a release ...

There would be no bright and colorful fireworks without rocks and minerals. A firework is produced by launching a shell containing fuel and a color mix high into the air, where it explodes.

Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Depending on whom you ask, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an honor, a scam, or — in one case — a “piss stain.” ...