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 ...
NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...
New study reveals that while common contaminants are low, levels of lithium, rubidium, and cesium are elevated in nearby ...
Asteroids are remnants of the formation of our solar system, and while many can be found within the asteroid belt between the ...
Discovery published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science highlights challenge of contamination in space exploration ...
The salt crystals, consisting of rock salt, sodium carbonate, and sodium sulfate, are crucial for understanding the evolution ...
A team of researchers led by Matthew Genge at Imperial College London confirmed that the asteroid has organic molecules; it confirmed that the samples actually have signs of life — but this life doesn ...
Japanese researchers have identified sodium carbonates, or salt crystals, in samples from the Ryugu asteroid brought back to ...
The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth back in 2020, and since then, teams of ...
A Ryugu asteroid sample has been found contaminated by terrestrial microbes, raising questions about planetary protection.
Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...