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The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...
Measuring approximately 120 feet in width, the asteroid will fly by at a velocity of 31,204 km/h, maintaining a safe distance ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.
Jawin is also a co-investigator on the science team of the OSIRIS-APEX mission, which is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to a new asteroid, Apophis.] What are some of the highlights that have been ...