back to article Ryugu asteroid: It came from the outer solar system, say scientists

Scientists examining samples from the asteroid Ryugu retrieved by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe have concluded that Ryugu is a drifter from the outer solar system. The results, published in Nature Astronomy, come after just over a year of initial analysis conducted by institutes and universities across Japan, the UK, and USA …

  1. Disgusted Of Tunbridge Wells Silver badge
    Holmes

    That's what they want us to think.

    1. b0llchit Silver badge
      Alien

      Yes, the alien in me is working hard to convince you all. The more controversy, the more we can work unobserved and hide that we are already here.

      No, I wont get that probe out of your backside. Don't scratch, get used to it. We used asteroid water to clean it, honest.

      Is it Friday already? Gotta know when to hit the pub.

      1. MyffyW Silver badge

        Given where it went cleanliness was the least of my concerns.

        1. b0llchit Silver badge
          Coat

          ...was...concern...

          Glad to hear it no longer is.

    2. Version 1.0 Silver badge
      Thumb Up

      The theories described in the story have been around for very many years now, there's a lot of evidence that they might be correct and virtually no evidence that the concepts are wrong. The evidence from the Ryugu asteroid does tend to backup the concepts.

      1. Disgusted Of Tunbridge Wells Silver badge
        Holmes

        That sounds just like something *they* would say.

  2. Mike 137 Silver badge

    "Asteroids like it (C-type asteroids) could well have been one of the sources of Earth's water"

    Given that there are about 1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers of water on Earth, maybe C-type asteroids didn't contribute that much of it - unless a huge number of such asteroids hit the Earth, and if so where are they all?

    1. ThatOne Silver badge
      Joke

      Re: "Asteroids like it (C-type asteroids) could well have been one of the sources of Earth's water"

      Under the water, obviously?...

    2. DJO Silver badge

      Re: "Asteroids like it (C-type asteroids) could well have been one of the sources of Earth's water"

      And Europa has more than twice as much. There's a lot of water in the outer solar system.

      https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/water-origins/

      1. Will Godfrey Silver badge
        Happy

        Re: "Asteroids like it (C-type asteroids) could well have been one of the sources of Earth's water"

        Hence why we were told not to attempt a landing there - nothing solid to land on.

    3. Youngone Silver badge

      Re: "Asteroids like it (C-type asteroids) could well have been one of the sources of Earth's water"

      Earth keeps doing this thing called subduction which means most of the surface is quite young. This means that any evidence of those impacts is long gone.

      I know, it's stupid and someone should stop it, but nevertheless it is still happening.

  3. elsergiovolador Silver badge

    Elephant in the room

    Why nobody is asking anything how the Japanese asteroid Ryugu found itself outside of the solar system in the first place?

    How did they do it?

    1. Version 1.0 Silver badge
      Happy

      Re: Elephant in the room

      Go study the history of the solar system, how it was probably originally created and the events that likely happened, theories based on what we see floating around today, and influenced by what we can see elsewhere in our galaxy. There virtually no evidence that the current view of our solar system life is wrong.

      1. Ken Hagan Gold badge

        Re: Elephant in the room

        Er, whoosh?

  4. Winkypop Silver badge
    Coat

    Coming soon to a hipster cafe near you

    Smashed avocado, mung beans, tofu and aliphatic carbon-rich organics associated with coarse-grained phyllosilicates!

    Hmmmm

  5. J.G.Harston Silver badge

    It came from Outer Space

    And this is how the message ran.....

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