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 ...
But while CI chondrites are commonplace, enstatite chondrites are not. These rare asteroids form under extremely high temperature conditions inside the solar system’s inner region. Enstatite ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
On Thursday night, a Japanese spacecraft will try to fire a bullet at a giant rock in space. If it succeeds, it could help advance understanding of how our planet formed in the early solar system. M ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed that the asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life, including sugar and ...
"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 ...
The Hayabusa2 probe has sent back stunning images of the surface of Ryugu, giving researchers an up-close look at the asteroid’s rocky surface. February 21st, 2019, the Japanese space agency’s ...
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 ...
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.
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