See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life ...

DNA from a distance ...

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the ...

Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on ...

A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, ...

Researchers are still studying samples of Ryugu collected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency from its Hayabusa2 ...

Scientists have discovered all five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu. This ...

A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one of the strongest pieces ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). A tiny stash of asteroid dust may help answer one of science’s oldest questions ...