An ETH Zurich lab measured iron, titanium and chromium in its share of the OSIRIS-REx return and found the same dust reservoir that produced Ryugu and the rare CI meteorites, a composition matching neither the inner nor the outer solar system.
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- Evidence66
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives55
- Confidence62
The two returns from Torifune are the first laser ranging of an asteroid. The ranges, footprints and timings JAXA has published point to more than one approach geometry, and the team is still locating the spots the beam hit.
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- Evidence36
- Adoption16
- Hype gap+28
- Incentives45
- Confidence41
Kyoto University's analysis of two grains puts nitrogen chemistry in the last fluid to dry inside Ryugu's parent body, and the team is careful to say it inferred that sequence rather than watched it happen.
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- Evidence66
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives32
- Confidence58
Paul Sanchez's group at Colorado Boulder pulled pairs of simulated boulders apart until the fine grains cementing them gave way, and found that grain angularity belongs in the strength law alongside grain size.
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- Evidence63
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives52
- Confidence58
A Live Science tally puts the off-Earth inventory at all five DNA and RNA nucleobases and 14 of 20 biological amino acids. The gaps are now the interesting part.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption52
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives30
- Confidence45