What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intriguing asteroid and the rest of the solar system? This is what a recent study ...
Asteroid Ryugu is proving to be one of the most scientifically valuable time capsules in the solar system.
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"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system." A rogue mineral found in a dust ...
China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space ...
Asteroid Ryugu is a rubble pile of material from the formation of our Solar System. A new study of material returned by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 space probe shows that Ryugu, and likely objects like it ...
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An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.