Full Title: Water and organic materials essential for life on Earth are found on the surface of an ASTEROID for the first time in discovery that 'could re-write the history of life on our planet' The materials essential for life on Earth including organic matter and water have been discovered on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, a study shows. Planetary scientists from Royal Holloway University of London examined a single grain of dust returned to Earth from asteroid Itokawa by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as part of its first Hayabusa mission in 2010. The...