Soil Samples Recovered from Asteroid’s Surface Reveal Its Interior
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Scientists published new results of the analysis of observational data from the station and descent vehicles that studied asteroid Ryugu…
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Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Spots Unexpected Surface Details on Asteroid Ryugu
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Data from the Japanese interplanetary station Hayabusa2 indicate that fine-grained dust may exist on the asteroid Ryugu, which is part…
NASA Spacecraft Carrying Alien Material From Asteroid is Returning to Earth—10 Things You Should Know
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NASA’s probe Osiris-Rex completed its mission on the asteroid Bennu on May 10, left its orbit, and headed back. The…
Water and Organic Matter Found on Asteroid Leaves Experts Stumped
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In 2005, the Japanese probe Hayabusa visited the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa and collected samples of its material in an airtight capsule. In 2010,…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Is Heading Towards Rare Distant Asteroid in New Mission
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Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft which delivered soil samples from the asteroid Ryugu in December has begun its new extended mission to…
Japan Lands Spacecraft Carrying Alien Materials From Distant Asteroid
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Tonight at 12:29 PM ET, the landing capsule of the Japanese mission Hayabusa2 entered the Earth’s atmosphere according to plan….