November 2022

Nearly two years ago, the Hayabusa2 space probe returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth. Since then, international research teams - including members of ETH Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS - have worked on analysing the valuable cargo. The results allow the scientists not only to reconstruct the history of Ryugu but also to shed light on the early development of the solar system.

The Department of Earth Sciences has successfully nominated NASA'S Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, for an honorary doctorate. He received the award on the occasion of this year's ETH Day on 19 November 2022.