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NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.

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NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.

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NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission will drop a capsule of pristine asteroid material in the Utah desert on September 24. The astro-material may provide insights into how planets formed, what materials were present in the early Solar System, and how life on the earth began. OSIRIS-Rex had to precisely choreograph a celestial…

"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's website.

But like a college kid dropping off their laundry, the spaceship is just passing through on its way to another adventure.

The sample, which was collected as part of Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission, will return to Earth on Sunday.