Hayabusa2

Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft which delivered soil samples from the asteroid Ryugu in December has begun its new extended mission to…

Is it possible, after so many decades of searching, to get a clear sign of the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence…

The team of the Japanese space mission “Hayabusa2”, which performed a two-way flight from Earth to asteroid Ryugu between 2014…

Tonight at 12:29 PM ET, the landing capsule of the Japanese mission Hayabusa2 entered the Earth’s atmosphere according to plan.…

Although the attention of space enthusiasts is focused mainly on the Chinese mission to the moon “Chang’e 5“, this is…

About a week ago, we discussed the latest news about the impressive six-year mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…

There are two interesting asteroids currently being explored and studied by astronomers. One is asteroid Ryugu, and the other one…

While attention on Earth is focused on containing the coronavirus pandemic, a NASA researcher and ex-collaborator has expressed concern about…

An asteroid measuring approximately one kilometer in diameter called Ryugu (officially designated 162173 Ryugu) was visited by a spacecraft from…

The Japanese national Space Agency (JAXA) made its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft—in orbit around Ryugu—bomb the asteroid orbiting the sun at around…

Asteroid Ryugu, formally identified as 162173 Ryugu, provisional designation 1999 JU3, is a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo Group. The…

Update; December 21, 2020. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft has delivered asteroid surface samples back to Earth. The spacecraft is currently en-route…