Giuseppe Michieli<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/organic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/material" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>material</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> 162173 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> and its delivery to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50004-w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-50004-w</span></a> </p><p>Studies of samples of asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa-2 mission show that the action of water and organic material on carbonaceous asteroids lead to the widespread occurrence of micron-sized <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/polymeric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polymeric</span></a> organic particles encapsulating clays and biological relevant <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/molecules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>molecules</span></a>.</p>