Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister

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Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister
arstechnica.com

Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister::"There is some black dust-like material that's visible. We're hoping that's from Bennu."

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TLDR it’s just the canister, the actual sample is still locked for another week or so

They really didn't do a good job of making that clear until the very end of the article.