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

Planetary Scientists Find Unexpected Mineral In 496-Million-Ton Asteroid — And It Defies Ryugu's Origin Story The latest ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in ...

The evolution of organic material on Asteroid 162173 Ryugu and its delivery to Earth. Journal: Nature Communications Published: 2024-07-22 DOI: ...

What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intriguing ...

The pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission on December 6, 2020, have been vital to improving the understanding of primitive asteroids and the formation of the solar ...

The payload landed in the Australian outback as planned, capping a 6-year roundtrip journey to survey the asteroid Ryugu. Since then, researchers including a team at Hiroshima University, ...

SAN ANTONIO — March 17, 2025 — New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) ... (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu, ...

'Like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice': How a surprise mineral could change the history of asteroid Ryugu. Keith Cooper. Tue, July 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC. 3 min read.

New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) ... (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu, recently visited respectively by NASA's OSIRIS-REx and JAXA's Hayabusa2 missions. ...

Serendipitous discovery of djerfisherite in Ryugu grain challenges current paradigm of the nature of primitive asteroids. The pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission ...