In a study published Nov. 15 in the journal Science, researchers analyzed rock samples returned to Earth by the Chang'e 6 lander. The 2024 mission brought back a little over 4 pounds (1.9 ...

The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, extended its 3.35m robotic arm toward a flat patch of gravel near Bennu’s north pole and plucked the sample of rocks, the space ...