Earth Microbes Found in Asteroid Ryugu Pattern, Raises Contamination Considerations
A examine printed in Meteoritics & Planetary Science has reported the invention of terrestrial micro-organisms in a pattern returned from asteroid Ryugu by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. Based on researchers, these microbes, recognized as Earth-based in origin, had colonised the pattern after its return to Earth in December 2020. The findings have highlighted issues relating to…