Ryugu

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on July 26, 2023 |

Recent infrared analysis of grains from the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu points to a profound connection between the origins of Ryugu’s…

Justin Gurkinic | Posted on February 24, 2023 |

Scientists who have been studying samples collected by the Hayabusa2 mission from the asteroid Ryugu have found that the samples…

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on September 26, 2022 |

Ryugu’s formation history has been revealed through the analysis of samples returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace…

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on September 23, 2022 |

A Japanese space probe found water in dust samples collected from an asteroid about 186 million miles (300 million kilometers)…

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on August 19, 2022 |

Hayabusa2 mission samples returned from Ryugu contain tiny grains of ancient material that predate the birth of our Sun, according…

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on August 16, 2022 |

In an important study, researchers report that pebbles taken from an ancient asteroid by a Japanese spacecraft contain crucial clues…

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on June 11, 2022 |

Japanese researchers have revealed that over 20 kinds of amino acids have been detected in asteroid samples brought to Earth…

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on May 9, 2020 |

A spacecraft from Japan visited an asteroid measuring approximately one kilometer in diameter called Ryugu (officially designated 162173 Ryugu). In…

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on March 20, 2020 |

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

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on August 28, 2019 |

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

Ivan Petricevic | Posted on August 25, 2019 |

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