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Touching a Piece of Sky

My routine morning jog at sunrise was slightly delayed today by an early television interview on the CBC News Network in Canada. Natalie Kalata asked me for the significance of the sample return from the asteroid Bennu today and I replied: “It feels like touching a piece of sky.” When she asked for the scientific implications, I explained that the sample return will deliver the ingredients of the early solar system, and — just like a recipe for a cake — allow scientists to potentially explain the origin of life on Earth. Understanding our cosmic roots offers an exciting opportunity to construct the scientific version of the story of genesis.

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