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Life found on Ryugu asteroid sample

The Debrief · 2d

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 origins.

Ryugu asteroid samples indicate damage from microscopic meteoroid bombardment

One such object is asteroid (162173) Ryugu, a 1 km-wide near-Earth asteroid believed to have originated in the asteroid belt. However, it has since moved to cross Earth's orbit, located 300 ...

ZME Science on MSN · 3d

A sample from Ryugu asteroid is teeming with life — but it’s not aliens

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 across celestial bodies.

The Mainichi on MSN · 4d

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･･･

IFLScience on MSN · 4d

Asteroid Sample Was Quickly Taken Over By Life – In A Sterilized Environment!

Imagine that, for billions of years, you're a grain of material unbothered on asteroid Ryugu. All of a sudden, a spacecraft flies down, shoots you with a pellet to kick you up, and collects you, taking you back to Earth.

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How Tiny Fragments Unlocked the Hidden 4-Billion-Year History of Asteroid Ryugu

Researchers studied tiny asteroid fragments from Ryugu, revealing that it originated in the outer solar system and evolved ...

Live Science on MSN4d

Footage Of Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Touchdown On Asteroid Ryugu

See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Signs of Life in Asteroid Sample Turn Out to Be Something Embarrassing

Bad news, folks: those samples from the asteroid Ryugu appear to have been contaminated by life here on Earth.

Live Science on MSN5d

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 ...

Imperial College London10d

Addressing medicine’s gender data gap and microbes in space: News from Imperial

Researchers were surprised to find live microbes in a rock collected from space. The sample was retrieved on the Japanese ...

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