Simple Summary Organic matter is an integral part of all living things on our planet, but
abiotic (not relating to life) organic matter can be found throughout the Solar System within …

Samples from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu provide information on the
chemical evolution of organic molecules in the early solar system. Here we show the …

Homochirality is an obvious feature of life on Earth. On the other hand, extraterrestrial
samples contain largely racemic compounds. The same is true for any common organic …

We report primordial aqueous alteration signatures in water-soluble organic molecules from
the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of JAXA. Newly …

The samples returned from near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu provide a pristine record of
the 4.6 billion years since the birth of the Solar System. The Hayabusa2 initial analysis team …

Organic matter in meteorites reveals clues about early Solar System chemistry and the origin
of molecules important to life, but terrestrial exposure complicates interpretation. Samples …

Parent bodies of C-type asteroids may have brought key volatile and organic-rich
compounds to the terrestrial planets in the early stages of the Solar System. At the end of …

Organic matter in extraterrestrial samples is a complex material that might have played an
important role in the delivery of prebiotic molecules to the early Earth. We report here on the …

In interplanetary bodies, organics are found originating from various environments. We
replicate the solid-phase conditions in a laboratory to elucidate the step-by-step evolution of …

Humanity's strive to understand why and how life appeared on planet Earth dates back to
prehistoric times. At the beginning of the 19th century, empirical biology started to tackle this …