Asteroid Fragment Reveals a Strange Mineral Never Seen on Earth

The asteroid Ryugu is an echo from the deep, distant past. Two tiny grains of the rock, delivered to Earth in 2020 by the famous Hayabusa2 mission, contain minerals older than any found on our planet.

Records Of Cometary Dust Hitting Asteroid Ryugu

A team of scientists have performed an intensive investigation of Ryugu samples, discovering evidence that points to cometary organic matter being transported from space to the near-Earth region.