Asteroid BREAKTHROUGH: How scientists uncovered ‘history of universe’ from SINGLE grain

“But we can get so much information out of a single grain. 

“To say we hope to get the history of the universe is pushing it a little bit, but at least the history of the solar system. 

“Looking at these objects we will have samples of these prestige materials – the original dust grains.”

In 2013, The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that 1500 extraterrestrial grains had been recovered, comprising of the minerals olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase and iron sulphide.