Japan asteroid probe hints at how organic matter could reach Earth

Materials from space may have contributed to the building blocks of life

TOMOYUKI ENDO and RYOSUKE MATSUZOE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- A sample of material taken from an asteroid by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe offers a clue to how organic matter found in meteorites on Earth could have survived without burning up in the atmosphere.

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