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Japan’s deep-space mission brought back an asteroid sample with all 5 DNA building blocks
Researchers have found all five of the essential bases that make up DNA and RNA in samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu.
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Intense bombardment by micrometeoroids in the last 1,000 years has left asteroid Ryugu with a razor-thin skin rich in sodium
The Hayabusa2 mission from the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) brought back samples of asteroid Ryugu, a nearby object of great ...
If all goes according to plan, MMX will arrive in orbit around Mars in 2027 to begin mapping and analyzing Phobos and Deimos ...
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe and the German-French MASCOT lander have teamed up to send back amazing views of an asteroid… Read ...
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Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall ...
A star blinked in a strange way over Japan last January, and that flicker may have exposed something the outer Solar System ...
An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...
The Red Planet will eventually sport a series of rings once its moon Phobos has broken apart. And according to new research, ...
The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is monitoring an asteroid that will be at a "very rare" close ...
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