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‘It’s amazing’: scientists analyse 4.6bn-year-old dark dust from Bennu asteroid (www.theguardian.com)
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“It’s amazing. It’s like a little treasure trove that takes us back to the start of the solar system,” said Dr Ashley King, a planetary scientist who will work on the grains at the museum. “I can’t wait to get my hands on them and see what we can learn about the early solar system.”

... are ecstatic because they discovered ...
well, nothing yet.