Asteroid Samples Are Said to Hold Invaluable Secrets

If Only Scientists Can Pop the Lid!

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NASA's spectacular success in retrieving direct samples of the asteroid Bennu and returning them to Earth after a seven-year journey has already yielded rich rewards that scientists hope will justify its $1.2 billion price tag. The OSIRIS-REX main sample container (not yet opened for reasons to be explained) resides within a larger canister. When opening that, scientists were said to