NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million each to seven companies for studies aimed at exploring more cost-effective methods for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission.

NASA awards over $10mn grants to explore innovative Mars sample return methods

Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, a prominent Swedish medical university home to the Nobel Assembly, faced a significant setback as research samples gathered over decades were destroyed due to a freezer malfunction during the Christmas holidays.

Decades of  leukemia research samples destroyed at Swedish university due to freezer malfunction

NASA's ambitious mission to uncover the mysteries of the solar system has encountered an unforeseen obstacle. Two months after securing a crucial sample from the asteroid Bennu, the space agency faces a perplexing challenge—it is unable to open the canister housing the precious extraterrestrial material.

Two months on, NASA is still struggling to open sample container from asteroid Bennu

Taking a first glimpse of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu's sample, the scientists stumbled upon an abundance of dark, fine-grained material on the inside part of the container's base and lid.

Unexpected discovery: Scientists stumble upon dark material in asteroid sample dropped from space

NASA has decided to send two more helicopters to Mars following the success of their initial mission. The mission, which NASA is conducting along with the European Space Agency, is aimed at bringing back rocks from Mars to further the study into the red planet.

NASA to send more helicopters to Mars as part of mission to bring back samples

Scientists have set up a drilling camp at 10,499 feet altitude to collect ice samples to study climate change trends.

Scientists set up drilling camp at 10,499 feet altitude to study climate change trends

The rock samples brought back from Moon in December by China's Chang'e-5 mission carry evidence of the most recent lunar lava ever analysed. The researchers used tiny fragments from the 2 kilograms of rock by the Chang’e-5 lander to confirm predictions about the Oceanus Procellarum region, where the spacecraft had landed.

Samples brought from China's moon trip indicate recent volcanic activity

Almost 30 per cent of genome sequencing data from samples of the COVID-19 virus collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown signs of mutation, but there is no evidence this has led to more severe disease, a top WHO official said on Friday.

Almost a third of COVID-19 samples show mutation, but not worse disease: WHO

After shooting dead a?gorilla?at the?Cincinnati?Zoo to save a 3-year-old boy, zoo officials said they had collected a sample of his sperm for future use

Slain Cincinnati gorilla likely to live on in genetic 'frozen zoo'

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