Without the right protection, you could cause serious damage to your eyes by trying to look at the eclipse.
After landing safely in Utah late last month, the samples from asteroid Bennu were brought all the way to the
NASA scientists hope the pebbles and dust recovered can provide clues about Earth's origins. Scientists will catalog what they have from the sample and study parts of it for the next two years. They’ll also distribute samples to other scientists around the world over time. Seventy percent of the sample will remain stored for future generations to study.
“We're looking for clues as to why Earth is a habitable world, this rare jewel in outer space that has oceans, it has a protective atmosphere,” Dante Lauretta, the mission's lead scientist, said. “We think all of those materials were brought by these carbon-rich asteroids very early in our planetary system formation.”KHOU would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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