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Scientists Discovered Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Sample Was Teeming With Microbes, But Where Did They Come From?

Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth origins.

Rare Asteroid Sample Contaminated by Microorganisms Despite Scientists’ Best Efforts

A chunk of rock collected from the asteroid Ryugu contains bacteria—but, unfortunately, it's not evidence of alien life.

Signs of Life in Asteroid Sample Turn Out to Be Something Embarrassing

Last year, researchers excitedly announced that they had found two organic compounds essential for living organisms in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid called Ryugu. The Japanese Space ...

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Scientists discover life on samples of asteroid Ryugu. Here's what it means

The microorganisms were seen crawling over a sample which was brought from 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu

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Footage Of Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Touchdown On Asteroid Ryugu

See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

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How Tiny Fragments Unlocked the Hidden 4-Billion-Year History of Asteroid Ryugu

Researchers studied tiny asteroid fragments from Ryugu, revealing that it originated in the outer solar system and evolved ...

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Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control

Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get ...

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Japan Researchers Find Salt Crystals on Ryugu Asteroid

The salt crystals, consisting of rock salt, sodium carbonate, and sodium sulfate, are crucial for understanding the evolution ...

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Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth

Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...

Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria

"The fact that terrestrial microbes are the Earth's best colonizers means we can never completely discount terrestrial ...

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Life found on Ryugu asteroid sample, but it’s not as exciting as it sounds

A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...

Life Found On Ryugu Asteroid Sample, But It Looks Very Familiar

Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination ...

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