asteroids like benyu are time capsules, _ solar system. time capsules, leftover debris | are time capsules, leftover debris from the early solar system so we can learn so much about the history of the solar system, of planet formation and potentially how water and organic molecules were delivered to earth and all of those things that could have seeded life here on earth. ., that could have seeded life here on earth. . ., , ., , ., earth. nasa travelled billions of miles to grab — earth. nasa travelled billions of miles to grab a _ earth. nasa travelled billions of miles to grab a sample - earth. nasa travelled billions of miles to grab a sample bennu, | miles to grab a sample bennu, packing it into a capsule to bring back home. it landed in the utah desert where it was checked out by the mission team and then quickly secured. we already have bits of asteroids here on earth, space rocks like these lancia all the time and we can learn a lot from them. the problem is they get contaminated as soon as they come down with the air, the dust, the