It’s been almost ten years since I did my first astro research (asteroid modeling) at the SETI REU and I still have my asteroid model sitting in my office!

I’d love to see how they compare! I’ll actually be at CCA on Friday for the galaxy meeting, would love to chat if you’re around

If you just can't wait, our paper is out on arXiv now!
arxiv.org/abs/2401.02484
Thread to come...

Right outside the clean room containing the pristine asteroid sample! It’s carefully contained to avoid terrestrial contamination #NASASocial #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack 🔭

The carbon content of the Bennu sample is 4.7%, the highest carbon abundance ever measured in a sample returned to Earth. “This sample is LOADED with organics!” #NASASocial #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack 🔭

with Jessica Meir, astronaut and Brown alum 🤘
#NASASocial #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack

4.7 BILLION year old carbonaceous chondrite meteorite! And the most recent lunar soil core sample from Apollo 17 (until Artemis collects more), a sample from the moon’s surface to 30 cm deep!! #NASASocial #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack

Turns out astronaut rock collection just uses a fancy version of one of these #NASASocial