Key Points
The samples collected weigh more than 250 grams and have been preserved in pristine condition..
Nasa's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, the first US mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, made history on Sunday, as it returned to Earth with samples from asteroid Bennu...
Launched on September 8, 2016, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu...
These samples are expected to provide scientists with key insights into the origins of our solar system, as asteroids are considered the "leftovers" from those early days 4.5 billion years ago...
The return of these samples marks a milestone in our understanding of the universe and could potentially unlock secrets about the early solar system and the origins of life...
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