Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is…
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The Hayabusa2 Mission was a Japanese space probe launched by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) on December 3, 2014, aimed at studying the asteroid Ryugu. The mission sought to gather detailed information about the asteroid’s physical and chemical properties, which are believed to hold clues to the early solar system’s formation and the origin of life on Earth. Hayabusa2 successfully landed on Ryugu in June 2018 and collected samples both from its surface and, for the first time, from beneath the asteroid’s surface using a small explosive charge to create a crater. The probe returned to Earth with these samples in December 2020, completing a pioneering six-year round trip and providing significant insights and material for scientific study.
A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in…
Samples reveal evidence of changes experienced by the surface of asteroid Ryugu, some probably due…
A groundbreaking study conducted by a team of international scientists has unveiled unprecedented insights into…
Samples from the asteroid Ryugu collected by the Hayabusa2 mission contain nitrogenous organic compounds, including…
Ryugu’s composition matches CI chondrites, with zinc and copper isotopes offering insights into planetary formation…
Asteroid Ryugu samples suggest it’s leftover from the formation of the sun billions of years…
Brown scientists are analyzing a tiny chunk of the asteroid Ryugu in an effort to…
On December 10, 2020 (Hawaiʻi Standard Time), the Subaru Telescope imaged the small asteroid 1998…
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the gas collected from the sample…
Just weeks after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made a successful touch-and-go grab of samples from asteroid Bennu, researchers…
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The team behind ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defense congratulates JAXA for returning Hayabusa2’s…
A Japanese space mission will deliver samples collected from asteroid Ryugu in a capsule to…
Ryugu’s interaction with the sun changes what we know about asteroid history. In February and…
With Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s recent launch of the Hayabusa2 mission, NASA and other space…