Wed, 10/11/2023 - 13:53 Gizmodo Environment The OSIRIS-REx canister still contains the bulk of the asteroid sample inside, but pieces of the ancient space rock found on the outside have already shown evidence of organic matter embedded within tiny bits of debris.Read more... Tags NASA, asteroid, new frontiers program, planetary surface, osiris rex, nicole lunning, Planetary Defense, hayabusa2, near earth object, Bill Nelson, Environment, 101955 bennu, daniella mendoza dellagiustina, daniel glavin, sample return mission, tagsam, francis mccubbin Source Returned Asteroid Samples Are an ‘Astrobiologist’s Dream,’ NASA Says