Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

A groundbreaking study recently published in the Planetary Science Journalhas raised the possibility that asteroids Bennu, ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

Tachibana, S., et al. (2022) Pebbles and Sans on Asteroid (162173) Ryugu On-Site Observation and Returned Particles from Two Landing Sites. Science, 375, 1011-1016.

The surface chemistry of pyrrhotites from intact particles directly collected from asteroid (162173) Ryugu was investigated by micro-Raman spectroscopy. The Raman peak characteristic to pyrrhotite was ...

Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu were collected and brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. We investigated the macromolecular organic matter in Ryugu samples and found that ...

These tiny specks of dust were collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu by a Japanese space mission and then sent to the APS for analysis. Using advanced X-ray technology, including a specialized ...

Despite their best efforts, the team discovered "rods and filaments of organic matter, which are interpreted as filamentous microorganisms, on a space-returned sample from 162173 Ryugu recovered ...

Surface regolith collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft from the carbon-rich asteroid 162173 Ryugu present a unique opportunity to untangle the sources and processing history of carbonaceous matter.

Pyrrhotites in asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Records of the initial changes on their surfaces with aqueous alteration Journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Published: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca ...