NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

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

The sample from the asteroid Ryugu was overrun with Earth-based life forms after they were brought to the planet, scientists ...

We've known for a while that complex chemistry occurs in space. Organic molecules have been detected in cold molecular clouds ...

In the search for extraterrestrial life Chinese scientists have come up with a new idea: instead of looking for water, they ...

A Ryugu asteroid sample has been found contaminated by terrestrial microbes, raising questions about planetary protection.

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

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

Discovery published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science highlights challenge of contamination in space exploration ...

Chinese scientists have built a cat-inspired robot designed to adjust its posture and stick its landing even in low-gravity ...

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth back in 2020, and since then, teams of ...

Thankfully, the asteroid was small in size, estimated to be a mere 27 inches in diameter. Scientists expected it to be no ...