Could asteroids serve as pathways for life across the Solar System? It's a question that has intrigued researchers and ...
Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...
A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...
"The fact that terrestrial microbes are the Earth's best colonizers means we can never completely discount terrestrial ...
Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination ...
Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get ...
Last year, a study reported the discovery of organic molecules on asteroid Ryugu, sparking discussions about the origins of life and the possibility of panspermia — the idea that life could be seeded ...
The sample from the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after they were brought to the planet, scientists ...
HOPES of finding traces of alien life in the universe have been scuppered yet again. And this time on asteroid Ryugu, a space ...
Asteroid Ryugu was altered by water and contains organic molecules older than the Sun. The building blocks of RNA and Vitamin ...
Chinese scientists have built a cat-inspired robot designed to adjust its posture and stick its landing even in low-gravity ...
A chunk of rock collected from the asteroid Ryugu contains bacteria—but, unfortunately, it's not evidence of alien life.