Samples From Ryugu Asteroid Contain Organic Molecules
Ryugu is a primitive carbonaceous asteroid, a rocky remnant from the formation of the solar system over 4 billion years ago. Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission visited Ryugu and collected samples from its surface in 2019, providing us with a great way of learning what the solar system was like in its early stages.
A team of researchers has now identified hundreds of thousands of ion signals from the Ryugu samples, which they attribute to numerous organic molecules, including 15 amino acids, amines, aromatic hydrocarbons, and other compounds.
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