Ryugu Asteroid Samples Prove Organic-Rich, Says NASA
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Scientists who have been studying samples collected by the Hayabusa2 mission from the asteroid Ryugu have found that the samples…
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Asteroid Ryugu Contains Carbonated Water From The Early Outer Solar System
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Ryugu’s formation history has been revealed through the analysis of samples returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace…
Scientists Find Water in Samples Brought From Asteroid 300 Million Kilometers away
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A Japanese space probe found water in dust samples collected from an asteroid about 186 million miles (300 million kilometers)…
Samples From Asteroid Contain Material That Predate The Birth of Our Sun
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Hayabusa2 mission samples returned from Ryugu contain tiny grains of ancient material that predate the birth of our Sun, according…
“Uncontaminated Extraterrestrial Materials” Revealed in Ancient Asteroid Sample
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In an important study, researchers report that pebbles taken from an ancient asteroid by a Japanese spacecraft contain crucial clues…
Building Blocks of Life Found on an Asteroid 300 Million Kilometers Away
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Japanese researchers have revealed that over 20 kinds of amino acids have been detected in asteroid samples brought to Earth…
Materials Recovered From Asteroid Ryugu Date to the Birth of Our Solar System
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Asteroid Ryugu (162173) Ryugu is a near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group, the trajectory of which crosses both the Earth’s…
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…
Video: Return Capsule Carrying Asteroid Soil Samples Detaches From Hayabusa2 Spacecraft And Heads To Earth
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Although the attention of space enthusiasts is focused mainly on the Chinese mission to the moon “Chang’e 5“, this is…
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
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While attention on Earth is focused on containing the coronavirus pandemic, a NASA researcher and ex-collaborator has expressed concern about…
Video: Spacecraft Lands on Asteroid 300 Million Kilometers Away
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A spacecraft from Japan visited an asteroid measuring approximately one kilometer in diameter called Ryugu (officially designated 162173 Ryugu). In…
Japan Bombed An Asteroid 300 Million Kilometers Away, Here’s What They Found
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The Japanese national Space Agency (JAXA) made its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft—in orbit around Ryugu—bomb the asteroid orbiting the sun at around…
7 Amazing Surface Close-Up Images of Asteroid Located 300 Million km Away
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Asteroid Ryugu, formally identified as 162173 Ryugu, provisional designation 1999 JU3, is a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo Group. The…
4 Stunning Close-Up Image of an Asteroid 300 Million Kilometers Away
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Update; 2020. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft has delivered asteroid surface samples back to Earth. The spacecraft is currently en route to…