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We’ve all been there: You’re getting some peanut butter, or looking to nosh a nice pickle, when you find your wrist strength is insufficient to get at the jar’s delicious contents. That’s more or less NASA’s vexing issue with the OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples—though, of course, that canister’s contents aren’t for eating.
The recent University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu will help us learn about the origins of our solar system. It also sparked the creation of the Arizona Astrobiology
The University of Arizona has launched the Arizona Astrobiology Center, which will bring together students and faculty from across campus and disciplines to unravel the enigma of life's beginnings and our place in the cosmos.