Paper Claims the “Asteroid” Japan’s Probe Is Approaching Is Actually a Derelict Spacecraft
After successfully rendezvousing with near-Earth asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and sending a sampled cache of rocks back…
Japan-led mission uncovers asteroid with all 5 ‘letters’ of DNA, breakthrough for understanding life’s origins |
Researchers detected the building blocks of DNA in samples collected from asteroid Ryugu/ (Image credit: JAXA, University of…
All five canonical nucleobases used in DNA and RNA detected in Ryugu samples
All five canonical nucleobases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil, have been identified in pristine samples returned from…
Asteroid Ryugu Offers Key Insight Into the Origins of Life on Earth
A study published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy presents evidence that the asteroid Ryugu contains all…