DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off…
Sun May Have Escaped Milky Way’s Crowded Core Billions of Years Ago
Using a vast catalog of Sun-like stars built by ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have found strong evidence that…
Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research Suggests
The Moon formed from a giant impact of the proto-Earth with the ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new…
Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu
DeMeo, F. E. et al. Connecting asteroids and meteorites with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Icarus 380, 114971 (2022).…