"Smithsonian Showcases Mind-Blowing Bennu Asteroid Sample, Shifting Cosmic Perspectives"

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully collected a sample from the asteroid Bennu and brought it back to Earth. The sample, which represents only a small portion of the total collected, is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The asteroid sample holds evidence of carbon and water, elements critical to life, and its presence on Earth provides valuable insights into the formation of our solar system. The mission, now known as OSIRIS-APEX, will continue its journey to another asteroid, Apophis, to gather more data.