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Analysis of asteroid Ryugu samples shows contamination is very much of Earth

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Asteroid Ryugu was altered by water and contains organic molecules older than the Sun .

Microbacteria can metabolize a wide range of organic molecules and survive on the surface.

The findings raise an important point when it comes to contamination of samples.

Finding evidence of life via meteorites even when they are collected shortly after their fall is likely to be impossible.