Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It's Totally Awesome
Briefly

What would it be like to hold a piece of outer space in your hand?Some lucky scientists will find out soon when NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (shorthand for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) returns from its seven-year mission.The probe will drop off a canister holding about a cup of pebbles and dust from the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.
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