Image Wednesday New leadership, interstellar discoveries, dogs to the rescue: Top 10 U of A stories of 2024 Read more at University of Arizona News Image Sept. 24, 2024 OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about early solar system and origins of life on Earth Read more at University of Arizona News Image June 26, 2024 Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients,' might have been part of a wet world Read more at University of Arizona News Image April 18, 2024 Two UArizona astronomy researchers named AAAS Fellows Read more at University of Arizona News Image An Asteroid of a Different Color … and Other Secrets of Bennu Unlocked Oct. 8, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Before the spacecraft touches the surface, scientists are learning more about the material that makes up the asteroid. Read more at UArizona News Image 25 Days of 'O-REx' Sept. 25, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to accomplish a first for NASA: collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it back home. As the Oct. 20 collection date nears, here are 25 facts about the mission. Read more at UArizona News Image OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAG Sept. 24, 2020 In just a few weeks, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface and collect a sample of the asteroid's rocks and dust. Read more Image NASA to Provide Update on Agency's First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt Sept. 22, 2020 NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the agency's first attempt to make contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month. Read more Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx to Asteroid Bennu: 'You've Got a Little Vesta on You...' Sept. 21, 2020 Bits of the asteroid Vesta have been found on the mission's target asteroid Bennu, highlighting the variety of asteroids in the solar system and what it says about its evolution. Read more Image Where Rocks Come Alive: OSIRIS-REx Observes an Asteroid in Action Sept. 9, 2020 While studying the asteroid Bennu up close, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft witnessed periodic outbursts of material being kicked up from the surface. Scientists detail the observations in a new collection of research papers. Read more Image Successful Second Rehearsal Puts OSIRIS-REx on Path to Asteroid Sample Collection Aug. 12, 2020 During its final practice run in preparation for sample collection at asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached the surface closer than ever before. Read more Image Anticipation Builds for OSIRIS-REx Launch June 27, 2016 Read more at UArizona News Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 1 2 3 4 5 …
Image Wednesday New leadership, interstellar discoveries, dogs to the rescue: Top 10 U of A stories of 2024 Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Sept. 24, 2024 OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about early solar system and origins of life on Earth Read more at University of Arizona News
Image June 26, 2024 Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients,' might have been part of a wet world Read more at University of Arizona News
Image April 18, 2024 Two UArizona astronomy researchers named AAAS Fellows Read more at University of Arizona News
Image An Asteroid of a Different Color … and Other Secrets of Bennu Unlocked Oct. 8, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Before the spacecraft touches the surface, scientists are learning more about the material that makes up the asteroid. Read more at UArizona News
Image 25 Days of 'O-REx' Sept. 25, 2020 The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to accomplish a first for NASA: collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it back home. As the Oct. 20 collection date nears, here are 25 facts about the mission. Read more at UArizona News
Image OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAG Sept. 24, 2020 In just a few weeks, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface and collect a sample of the asteroid's rocks and dust. Read more
Image NASA to Provide Update on Agency's First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt Sept. 22, 2020 NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the agency's first attempt to make contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month. Read more
Image NASA's OSIRIS-REx to Asteroid Bennu: 'You've Got a Little Vesta on You...' Sept. 21, 2020 Bits of the asteroid Vesta have been found on the mission's target asteroid Bennu, highlighting the variety of asteroids in the solar system and what it says about its evolution. Read more
Image Where Rocks Come Alive: OSIRIS-REx Observes an Asteroid in Action Sept. 9, 2020 While studying the asteroid Bennu up close, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft witnessed periodic outbursts of material being kicked up from the surface. Scientists detail the observations in a new collection of research papers. Read more
Image Successful Second Rehearsal Puts OSIRIS-REx on Path to Asteroid Sample Collection Aug. 12, 2020 During its final practice run in preparation for sample collection at asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached the surface closer than ever before. Read more
