Professor Shogo Tachibana of the UTOPS was interviewed for the National Geographic article “This Asteroid Is Spilling Secrets About the Origin of Life on Earth.”

The article discusses recent research on asteroid samples such as Ryugu and Bennu, and how these materials provide clues to the origin of water and organic compounds related to the emergence of life on Earth.  

For more details, please see the article:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/asteroid-bennu-ryugu-life-origins-earth