Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...
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Illuminating the journey of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid
Microscope image of one of the small fragments of asteroid 162173 Ryugu studied by scientists at the Advanced Photon Source. This fragment is roughly 400 microns in diameter, or about the width of ...
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Tiny fragments of a 4-billion-year-old asteroid reveal its history
Credit: ISAS/JAXA. In June 2018, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, deploying small rovers and a lander, before gathering a ...
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Researchers Link Asteroid Ice to the Emergence of Life on Earth
Reference: “Evidence from 162173 Ryugu for the influence of freeze-thaw on the hydration of asteroids” by Matthew J. Genge, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthias van Ginneken, Lewis Pinault, Penelope J.
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Key components of DNA and RNA discovered in space, on Ryugu
The return of these extraterrestrial samples to Earth in 2020 opened the door to new hypotheses. These grains taken from Ryugu, an asteroid located beyond Jupiter, contain crucial elements for the ...
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Constitution of Thallium and Uranium
THE preparation by Dr. v. Grosse of suitable volatile compounds of thallium and uranium has enabled me to obtain their mass-spectra. The lines of thallium were obtained by means of its triethyl ...