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Asteroids have long fascinated scientists as remnants of the early solar system, offering clues about the origins of our planet and beyond. One particular space rock, asteroid Ryugu, has become a ...

A groundbreaking study of asteroid Ryugu has revealed something scientists never expected: water moved through its rocky ...

Asteroid Ryugu is proving to be one of the most scientifically valuable time capsules in the solar system. A recent study of microscopic grains collected from Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft ...

What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intriguing asteroid and the rest of the solar system? This is what a recent study ...

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping theories of how Earth gained its oceans. A billion-year-old impact may have melted ...

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"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system." A rogue mineral found in a dust ...

Asteroids, comets, and clouds contain complex organic molecules that form in space and might have kickstarted life on Earth ...

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Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...