How was the solar system formed? The Ryugu asteroid is helping us learn - EurekAlert

How was the solar system formed? The Ryugu asteroid is helping us learn - EurekAlert
Our solar system is estimated to be about 4.57 billion years old. Previous analyses of ancient meteorites have shown that minerals were created through chemical reactions with water as far back as 4.5 billion years ago. New findings from the Ryugu asteroid sa…
Mineral samples collected from the Ryugu asteroid by the Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft are helping UCLA space scientists and colleagues better understand the chemical composition of our solar system a… [+4348 chars] Read More



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