Soil samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa ... examine the soil samples collected from and below the surface of Ryugu. They captured the wavelength that indicates the ...

A scoop of dust from an ancient time capsule hurtling through space has forced a rethink of how inert matter became all that ...

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Researchers have found more than 20 different amino acids, the building blocks of life, in soil samples Japan’s Hayabusa 2 space probe brought back from the asteroid Ryugu, according to sources.

The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

10:07 How do we defend our planet from a killer asteroid? Well, there’s good news and bad news. First, the bad news: Experts at NASA, this week, have bumped up the odds of an impact to a one-in ...

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