Life found on Ryugu asteroid sample

Life found on Ryugu asteroid sample, but it’s not as exciting as it sounds
A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges that such work involves.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
How Bits Of Asteroid Ryugu Were Shipped To NASA?
NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. Credit: NASA
Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria
"The fact that terrestrial microbes are the Earth's best colonizers means we can never completely discount terrestrial contamination."
Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth
Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But they almost certainly came from Earth.
Scientists make embarrassing discovery on asteroid sample they thought had signs of alien life
HOPES of finding traces of alien life in the universe have been scuppered yet again. And this time on asteroid Ryugu, a space rock with an orbit that passes between Earth and Mars. The Japanese
Life Found On Ryugu Asteroid Sample, But It Looks Very Familiar
Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination controls. Inside the cleanest of clean rooms, a tiny particle was
Japan Researchers Find Salt Crystals on Ryugu Asteroid
The salt crystals, consisting of rock salt, sodium carbonate, and sodium sulfate, are crucial for understanding the evolution of organic materials in celestial bodies.
Asteroid Sample Was Quickly Taken Over By Life – In A Sterilized Environment!
Asteroid Ryugu was altered by water and contains organic molecules older than the Sun. The building blocks of RNA and Vitamin B3 have been found in its samples, together with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as naphthalene, a molecule used in mothballs. Earthly bacteria don’t seem to care where the molecules originated from.
Ryugu asteroid sample colonised by microbes after atmospheric exposure
Discovery published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science highlights challenge of contamination in space exploration
Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control
Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get started on planets throughout a solar system. The discovery of extraterrestrial life on asteroids or within meteorites would have profound implications for understanding the origins and distribution of life in the universe.
Japanese researchers discover salt crystals in Ryugu asteroid samples
Japanese researchers have identified sodium carbonates, or salt crystals, in samples from the Ryugu asteroid brought back to Earth by the Hay･･･
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Asteroid Fragment Reveals Signs of Life, But It's Not What You Think
We've known for a while that complex chemistry occurs in space. Organic molecules have been detected in cold molecular clouds, and we have even found sugars and amino acids, the so-called 'building ...
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Scientists Discovered Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Sample Was Teeming With Microbes, But Where Did They Come From?
Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...