The new generation of sample return missions from small bodies will deliver to us fresh witnesses from the early Solar System. In-depth laboratory analysis of retrieved samples will allow us to look in unprecedented detail at the formation and evolution of organic materials in asteroids.
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Brunetto, R., Lantz, C. Laboratory perspectives on sample returns from Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx. Nat Astron 3, 290–292 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0744-9
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