- Just over a year after Japan's Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid, scientists have determined that the asteroid Ryugu is a pristine remnant from the formation of our solar system. This was the first material to be returned to Earth from a carbon-rich asteroid. https://us.cnn.com/2021/12/20/world/ryugu-asteroid-sample-study-scn/index.html 22 comments science
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