Japan: Experts discover amino acids in asteroid sample fetched by Hayabusa2 probe - Republic World

Japan had launched the Hayabusa2 spacecraft in 2014 toward the Ryugu asteroid located 300 million kilometres with an aim to understand the origin of life.

In a major breakthrough, Japanese researchers have discovered over 20 types of amino acids in the asteroid samples fetched by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. The probe was launched by the Japanese Aerospac… [+2494 chars]

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