In US capital, selfies with asteroid hinting at Earth's origins

Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2023
In a hushed room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a tiny piece of rock, no larger than a piece of gravel. The fragment might seem insignificant, but it is a sample taken from the asteroid Bennu, which scientists are studying in the hope of discovering if asteroids actually brought the building blocks of life - carbon and water - to Earth. Exhibited to the pub