Japan's Hayabusa2 probe finds water on Ryugu asteroid

Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe has found hydrated minerals on the Ryugu asteroid, a discovery that could move forward the mission of the spacecraft to bring back samples for studying the origins of Earth's water, according to a group of researchers.A team of researchers from the University of Aizu, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and other institutions said in the online version of Science magazine published Tuesday that the spacecraft's near-infrared spectrometer discovered "hydroxyl-bearing minerals are ubiquitous" on Ryugu's surface.Ryugu is classified as a C-type asteroid, which i…READ FULL ARTICLE