Ryugu asteroid samples are sprinkled with stardust older than the solar system
These stellar ashes could illuminate the history of the solar system
![A photo of a sample of the asteroid Ryugu, small black rocks, in a small circular dish.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/071423_LG_ryugu_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Samples of the asteroid Ryugu (pictured) contain bits of stardust created before the solar system was born. That stardust could reveal details of the solar system’s history.
T. Yada et al/Nature 2021