{
  "id": 6600042,
  "title": "Asteroid Ryugu's dust reveals nitrogen's slow concentration into complex molecules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/asteroid-ryugus-dust-reveals-nitrogens-slow-concentration-into",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-10T14:30:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-asteroid-ryugu-reveals-nitrogen-complex.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nitrogen is a key ingredient in the biomolecules that form the building blocks of life. Yet as an unbonded gas, it is far more likely to drift into space than to lock itself into solid compounds, making it difficult for astronomers to trace its journey to Earth in the distant past.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Parent body of asteroid Ryugu formed early in solar system history, study finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/parent-body-of-asteroid-ryugu-formed-early-in-solar-system-history",
        "published": "2026-09-11T05:24:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}