[Article Publication] A paper on the Ryugu asteroid particle involving Associate Prof. Miyahara, JAMSTEC/Kochi Core Senior Scientist Tomioka (Visiting Prof. at Hiroshima University), and Prof. Yabuta was published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science.

In this paper, the authors use transmission electron microscopy to characterize the organic matter contained in Ryugu grains and its coexistence with silicate minerals, and show that the organic matter has undergone aqueous alteration at low temperatures (Published paper url).