Analyzes of Ryugu samples show asteroids may have delivered compounds needed for the start of life on Earth
An international team of researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds has found evidence that asteroids provide the compounds needed ...
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Ryugu samples challenge previous ideas about the formation of carbon-rich asteroids
Asteroid Ryugu may not have traveled as far from its place of origin to its near-Earth orbit as previously thought. ...
New mass spectrometry technology could transform analysis of tiny samples
Mass spectrometry is a powerful technique that allows scientists to break down and identify the building blocks of almost anything ...
Airplane-collected natural gas flare samples reveal wide variation in estimates of nitrogen oxide emissions
Flaring or burning natural gas is commonly used in some areas of the United States to dispose of the gaseous ...
Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars raises hope that soil and rock samples from Perseverance rover contain traces of life
If life ever existed on Mars, the Perseverance rover's verification of lake sediments at the base of Jezero Crater bolsters ...
Collecting helium diffraction patterns in microscopic regions of samples
Recent scientific advances have opened up new possibilities for the close observation of physical phenomena. Researchers from the Universities of ...
Samples from comet Wild 2 reveal surprising past
Eighteen years after NASA's Stardust mission returned to Earth with the first samples of a known comet, the true nature ...
Meteorites are likely a source of nitrogen for early Earth, study of samples from Ryugu finds
Micrometeorites from icy celestial bodies in the outer solar system may be responsible for transporting nitrogen to the near-Earth region ...
