PterofractalSep 26, 2023
Phil Plait

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

Bad Astronomy Newsletter
Sep 25, 2023 at 2:04pmWeb
Show threadBennett ToddSep 25, 2023

@badastro

Every time I see a reference to this story, I'm reminded of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain. Time to reread that, fun tale

Show threadJenniferSep 25, 2023
@bet @badastro i was just going to say the same thing 😆 It's exciting though!
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Sep 25, 2023
@badastro I'm so happy for all involved, what a thrilling success and incredible achievement.....and the mission continues to another asteroid too!🚀