Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...

The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft is thought to have detonated an explosive charge on the asteroid it is exploring. The idea was to create an artificial crater on the object known as Ryugu.

On 21 September, the rovers were released on to the surface by the "mothership", Hayabusa 2. Hayabusa 2 reached Ryugu in June after a three-and-a-half-year journey. The pictures show in clear ...

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Last year, researchers excitedly announced that they had found two organic compounds essential for living organisms in ...

Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe departed for Earth on Nov. 13 after completing its mission to explore and collect samples from the asteroid Ryugu. It had been on a mission to investigate the ...

The asteroid Ryugu used to pass far closer to the sun, even closer than Mercury, an analysis of images shot by Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe reveals. The probe snapped the images of the asteroid ...

There is, of course, the bonkers 1970s Comuta Car Hayabusa build. And very recently, we introduced you to MilkJug 2.0, which is a Hayabusa-swapped Smart ForTwo. Oh, and that last one is also ...

There are three engine control options ranging from 1 to 3 — 1 being the fullest throttle response to let open maximum Hayabusa hyperbike carnage. Mode 2 for a more tamed throttle and engine ...