00:04This is asteroid Ryugu, the epicenter of the Hayabusa 2 mission, which landed on the giant
00:09space rock back in 2020. Its goal was to bring back samples from the asteroid, which is currently
00:15whizzing around the solar system at around 38,000 miles per hour. The mission was the first of its
00:20kind, with their previous analysis discovering amino acids, vitamin B3, and interstellar dust
00:25within the samples. Now experts say they've found evidence of micrometeorite impacts as well,
00:30and it could lead to answers about the origins of life on our planet. The researchers say the
00:35micrometeorites probably came from other comets, and they contain carbonaceous materials. They add
00:41it's quite similar to primitive organic matter that is often found in extremely old comet dust,
00:46with Megumi Matsumoto, the lead investigator studying the Ryugu material, saying about it,
00:50this organic matter might be the small seeds of life once delivered from space to earth.
00:55Asteroids orbiting our sun are believed to be the leftovers of our solar system's assembly,
01:00and experts are hoping further investigation will finally answer the question of where we came from.
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