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Japanese Scientists Demonstrated Soil Particles from the Ryugu Asteroid

Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft flew by Earth and dropped a container of rocks from the surface of a near-Earth asteroid.

Previously, Ryugu was thought to be rich in water. One hypothesis suggests this asteroid underwent some sort of alteration by water, resulting in the formation of hydrated clays. And at some point, the asteroid heated up to temperatures at which partial dehydration occurred.

Now scientists have a chance to test this version, as well as other working hypotheses.