What scientists could learn from asteroid sample collected by NASA

A sample from an asteroid millions of miles away from Earth landed safely in Utah. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports on what scientist could learn about the solar system from the rock sample.


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[AdrianColley]

I'm all on board for news reports that begin "ya, this is so cool."

[houndswhoheal]

THIS is WHY we have to keep NASA funded and focused upon scientific Research & Exploration. AND excluded from privatization.

[jamiebrotherston]

Why can folks find a rock but can't find a missing Malaysian Airlines plane

[michealbarnes]

Hopefully it ends the way Armageddon did.

[chuckbolik]

They'll find that asteroids are really hard.

[bbvqifm]

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Check the website if you think I'm a troll.

[FrederickMazza-ylsi]

What was the price tag the government spent on that rock. I think 💬, maybe we could have kept our government in business

[johnnydoe]

Flat Earthers can’t even Launch a
Rocket to take Pictures of Pizza
from Space. 😂🤪

[mopthermopther]

What about
asteroid radiation ?
Does it affect your brain ?

[sonpacho]

I bet they find a straw and a plastic soda can holder...

[lancejordan]

Asteroid psyche 16 is purported to have enough heavy metals to make everyone on earth a trillionaire. That is a relative comparison. There is a lot of cheddar out there if we had the tech to retrieve it. Drones, AI?

[TheErik]

Asteroid Bennu is a collection of ruble brought together by gravity.
Some asteroids are nickel-iron, some are sediment gathered by gravity over hundreds of thousands and even millions of years.
Its 1853 ft in diameter.
Its traveling at 63, 000 mph.
Its greatest chance of hitting us will be on September 24th, 2182.
We have better chance of getting hit by something we haven't spotted yet.
You never know!

[Bill-vown]

Lets learn about whats happening at the SOUTHERN BOARDER. 😊

[markcosenza]

No views 6 minutes in? The barking seals are waiting for a Trump story. Here's one, poll shows Trump beating Biden by 20 points with 18-35 year olds!😂😂

[ianreed]

"Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important."~Christopher Hitchens~

[brandon]

the big question is, what can be done about asteroïde equity and how it affecs minorities.

[stoopidpursun]

MSNBC: "They found more of Trump's classified documents on the asteroid!!!"

[ChrisLocke]

but... the earth is flat and we never landed on the moon!?! HAHAHAHAHA!! read a book, fools.