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Records of Cometary Dust Hitting the Asteroid Ryugu

A carbonaceous material found in the melt splash. The carbonaceous material shows spongy texture and contains small iron sulfide inclusions. This is similar to the primitive organic matters found in cometary dust. ©Megumi Matsumoto et al.

The Hayabusa2 mission that collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu has provided a treasure trove of insights into our solar system. After analyzing samples further, a team of researchers have unearthed evidence that cometary organic matter was transported from space to the near-Earth region.

Ryugu is a near-Earth asteroid that gained significant attention when the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission collected samples and returned them to Earth...

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