Happy Asteroid Day, junior stargazers!

In September 2023, scientists with @NASASolarSystem's OSIRIS-REx mission will gather in the Utah desert for the arrival of the largest asteroid sample ever received on Earth.⁣⁣
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“Asteroid City” actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, @maya_hawke, @rupertfriend and @jfreewright, join NASA OSIRIS-REx sample expert Dr. Danny Glavin to discuss how studying the asteroid sample will give scientists insight into how the early solar system formed and how life began on Earth.⁣⁣
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After a seven-year round trip journey that included mapping Bennu’s surface (a near-Earth asteroid that is no threat to our planet), identifying minerals and chemicals, and collecting a sample from the surface, OSIRIS-REx is on its way back to Earth with more than eight ounces of material.⁣⁣
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