Click Here to Read: NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters.  The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has collected as much as several hundred grams of asteroid material, which could help scientists understand the earliest stages of the Solar System By Georgina Torbet on The Verge Website on  September 24, 2023,

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Image: NASA/Keegan Barber  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.