A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...
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 ...
HOPES of finding traces of alien life in the universe have been scuppered yet again. And this time on asteroid Ryugu, a space ...
Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...
Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination ...
Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get ...
NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
A Ryugu asteroid sample has been found contaminated by terrestrial microbes, raising questions about planetary protection.
The sample from the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after they were brought to the planet, scientists ...
A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms ...
The salt crystals, consisting of rock salt, sodium carbonate, and sodium sulfate, are crucial for understanding the evolution ...
A chunk of rock collected from the asteroid Ryugu contains bacteria—but, unfortunately, it's not evidence of alien life.