A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...

A team of researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, discovered that liquid water once flowed on the asteroid that spawned near-Earth asteroid Ryugu more than a billion years after it ...

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil — mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million ...

Some of the oldest objects in the solar system still drift above your head. Asteroids and comets formed before Earth took shape, and they carry a record of a chemical world that existed long before ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

NASA has found sugars essential for life on Earth in samples of the 4.6 billion-year-old Bennu asteroid. Scientists discovered glucose, the human body’s main source of energy, as well as the critical ...

Scientists discovered that liquid water once flowed on the asteroid that spawned near-Earth asteroid Ryugu more than a billion years after it first formed. We have a relatively good understanding of ...

Electron microscope images of a chondrule-like object and CAI in the Ryugu samples. Credit: Tohoku University In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft retrieved samples from asteroid Ryugu and ...