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  3. A Pebble Scooped From An Asteroid Is Now On Display At UArizona Museum

A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum

March 6, 2024
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Tucked inside a clear container protected by a metal casing, the pebble collected from asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is one of only three places in the world to display an extraterrestrial rock sample collected in space (other than the moon)

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