Today, the near-Earth asteroid known as Ryugu is bone dry. But new research suggests that the half-mile space rock may have once been flowing with...
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The parent world of asteroid Ryugu, the space rock visited by the Japanese mission Hayabusa2, had flowing water for over a billion years. This was not at all expected when the spacecraft collected and brought back the sample, and it adds to the record of evidence that suggests a much more peculiar early Solar System.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Ryugu measures approximately 900 meters (3,000 feet) in diameter, and it looks like...
Today, the near-Earth asteroid known as Ryugu is bone dry. But new research suggests that the half-mile space rock may have once been flowing with...
Once upon a time, there lived a group of ancient “terror crocodiles” that were around 10 meters (33 feet) long and had teeth “the size of...
Once upon a time, there lived a group of ancient “terror crocodiles” that were around 10 meters (33 feet) long and had teeth “the size of...
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