Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...
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Illuminating the journey of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid
Researchers at the Advanced Photon Source joined an international effort to study tiny fragments of a nearby asteroid. The ...
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Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
Credit: ISAS/JAXA. In June 2018, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a ...
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Phosphorus Grains in Ryugu Samples Offer Insights into Earth’s Early Life Chemistry
Ryugu samples reveal phosphorus-rich grains crucial for early Earth Phosphorus-rich grains may explain early life chemistry on Earth Ryugu asteroid's grains offer insight into Solar System’s formation ...
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News on instrumentation
In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a sample and returning it ...
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Researchers Link Asteroid Ice to the Emergence of Life on Earth
Genge. Reference: “Evidence from 162173 Ryugu for the influence of freeze-thaw on the hydration of asteroids” by Matthew J. Genge, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthias van Ginneken, Lewis Pinault, Penelope J.
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Key components of DNA and RNA discovered in space, on Ryugu
The return of these extraterrestrial samples to Earth in 2020 opened the door to new hypotheses. These grains taken from Ryugu, an asteroid located beyond Jupiter, contain crucial elements for the ...