Yesterday, pieces of an alien object from space came to Earth, landing in the Utah desert... and scientists are thrilled.

After all, it's not every day a space mission travels billions of km to return pristine pieces of an asteroid for us to study!

https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/yesterday-pieces-of-asteroid-impacted

Yesterday, pieces of asteroid impacted Earth… on purpose

Scientists and engineers successfully retrieve samples of the asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx mission

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@badastro I'm so happy for all involved, what a thrilling success and incredible achievement.....and the mission continues to another asteroid too!🚀