Asteroid Ryugu’s Wild Mineral Plot Twist

Imagine cracking open a space rock and finding something that totally shouldn’t be there—like a tropical seed in Arctic ice! That’s what happened when scientists found a rare mineral, djerfisherite, in dust from asteroid Ryugu. This mineral usually forms in super-hot, inner solar system conditions, but Ryugu was born in the cold, outer reaches. Now, researchers are scrambling to figure out how this mineral ended up there. Did Ryugu have a secret hot spot, or did it get mixed up with another asteroid? Space just got a lot more mysterious! #Science #SpaceMystery #AsteroidRyugu