Conveners
Session IX: Talks
- Hikaru Yabuta (Hiroshima U, JP)
- Paul B. Rimmer (U Cambridge, UK)
Session IX: Q&A
- There are no conveners in this block
JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission explored the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu and collected its sands and pebbles. On December 6, 2020, the asteroid sample was returned to the Earth. After the curatorial work at JAXA, the initial sample analysis has conducted from June 2021 to May 2022. The Initial Analysis IOM (Insoluble Organic Matter) team unveiled the chemical, isotopic, and morphological compositions...
In certain local aqueous environments, ultraviolet (UV) light can transform single-carbon molecules into precursors of RNA, DNA, proteins and phospholipid vesicles. This happens when one of the single-carbon molecules is hydrogen cyanide. Carbonate was likely more ubiquitous than cyanide. If carbonate is present instead of cyanide, a series of molecules are formed, mostly formate, and also...
