
Argonne Gets Rare Access To Probe Asteroid Fragments
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An asteroid could shed light on the early development of the Solar System.
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have become the only U.S. facility granted permission by a Japanese space agency to study tiny fragments captured from an asteroid. The Argonne team has unique capabilities that enable researchers to study objects at atomic scales.
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Argonne Gets Rare Access To Probe Asteroid Fragments
Clip: 9/28/2021 | 6m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have become the only U.S. facility granted permission by a Japanese space agency to study tiny fragments captured from an asteroid. The Argonne team has unique capabilities that enable researchers to study objects at atomic scales.
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