It's a question that has intrigued researchers and enthusiasts for decades. The latest study conducted on a sample from ...
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Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination ...
Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...
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A Ryugu asteroid sample has been found contaminated by terrestrial microbes, raising questions about planetary protection.
HOPES of finding traces of alien life in the universe have been scuppered yet again. And this time on asteroid Ryugu, a space ...
The sample from the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after they were brought to the planet, scientists ...
A chunk of rock collected from the asteroid Ryugu contains bacteria—but, unfortunately, it's not evidence of alien life.
Bad news, folks: those samples from the asteroid Ryugu appear to have been contaminated by life here on Earth.