The samples were originally collected by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2. The spacecraft spent more than a year investigating Ryugu before returning to Earth. As it approached our planet ...
Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...
It's a question that has intrigued researchers and enthusiasts for decades. The latest study conducted on a sample from ...
Artwork: Hayabusa-2 made its way back to Earth after visiting the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu The first large sample of rock and soil from an asteroid is making its way back to Earth. A capsule ...
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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 ...
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 ...