Faint magnetic properties in primitive asteroid fragments suggest an early magnetic field strong enough to shepherd the ...

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

Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination ...

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

Scientists have found microorganisms crawling over a sample retrieved from the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu. But ...

A recent discovery made by scientists working with a sample of rock from outer space highlights one of the huge challenges ...

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

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

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 ...

One such object is asteroid (162173) Ryugu, a 1 km-wide near-Earth asteroid believed to have originated in the asteroid belt. However, it has since moved to cross Earth's orbit, located 300 ...

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