a new operational paradigm. While the LALT instrument previously served as a primary tool during the detailed study of asteroid Ryugu, its application during a high-speed flyby demonstrates that existing hardware can be effectively repurposed to...

OSIRIS-REx mission, researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered that Bennu shares a distinct chemical signature with asteroid Ryugu and rare CI carbonaceous chondrites. This discovery suggests that these bodies likely emerged from the same primitive...

Ancient dust samples from asteroid Ryugu reveal how nitrogen-rich compounds formed and survived, offering new clues about the origins of life on Earth. New analysis of microscopic dust grains retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu has provided a...

Powerful X-ray scans of asteroid Ryugu have uncovered a hidden material that may explain how chemical signatures were preserved during ancient water events. Scientists have long grappled with a geological paradox: how did asteroid Ryugu and similar...

from which an object formed. The data revealed that Bennu shares an almost identical isotopic profile with the asteroid Ryugu and a rare class of carbon-rich meteorites known as CI chondrites. This common signature contradicts previous scientific...

of iron, titanium, and chromium isotopes revealed a striking chemical consistency, linking Bennu not only to the asteroid Ryugu but also to rare CI meteorites found on Earth. This suggests that these distinct bodies share a common lineage, originating...

in Science Advances, demonstrate that Bennu possesses a strikingly uniform chemical distribution that mirrors both the asteroid Ryugu and the rare class of carbon-rich CI meteorites. Scientists compared titanium (A), iron (B), and chromium (C) isotopes...

Can Chirality Answer Whether We Are Alone? (Chirality, 2024) Extraterrestrial amino acids and amines identified in asteroid Ryugu samples returned by the Hayabusa2 mission (Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023) The Search for Chiral Asymmetry as a...

the team intends to recover a larger payload than previous missions, such as the successful Hayabusa2 return from the asteroid Ryugu. This material will be supplemented by subsequent flyby observations of Deimos. Solving the Origins of the Martian...