Asteroid Ryugu and the Birthplaces of Comets and Primitive Asteroids
Recent infrared analysis of grains from the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu points to a profound connection between the origins of Ryugu’s…
Recent infrared analysis of grains from the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu points to a profound connection between the origins of Ryugu’s…
Scientists who have been studying samples collected by the Hayabusa2 mission from the asteroid Ryugu have found that the samples…
Ryugu’s formation history has been revealed through the analysis of samples returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace…
A Japanese space probe found water in dust samples collected from an asteroid about 186 million miles (300 million kilometers)…
Hayabusa2 mission samples returned from Ryugu contain tiny grains of ancient material that predate the birth of our Sun, according…
In an important study, researchers report that pebbles taken from an ancient asteroid by a Japanese spacecraft contain crucial clues…
Japanese researchers have revealed that over 20 kinds of amino acids have been detected in asteroid samples brought to Earth…
A spacecraft from Japan visited an asteroid measuring approximately one kilometer in diameter called Ryugu (officially designated 162173 Ryugu). In…
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; 2020. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft has delivered asteroid surface samples back to Earth. The spacecraft is currently en route to…