Study on Asteroid Ryugu samples highlights differences from primitive meteorites

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2023

In a recent scientific breakthrough, an international team of researchers has provided new insights into the nature and composition of the asteroid Ryugu, enhancing our understanding of water- and carbon-rich celestial bodies within the solar system. This study, pivotal in the field of planetary science, was made possible by analyzing samples returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, a miss