Asteroid Ryugu is proving to be one of the most scientifically valuable time capsules in the solar system. A recent study of microscopic grains collected from Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft ...

The famous asteroid, Ryugu, is drip-feeding scientists crucial information about its watery past. Using a tiny, 80-milligram sample of the near-Earth asteroid, researchers have discovered evidence ...

See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

Liquid water on asteroids reshapes how we understand the early solar system. A group of scientists, including researchers ...

A new analysis of asteroid Ryugu hints that the "potentially hazardous" space rock once had flowing water in its core, possibly leftover from the impact that created it.

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to not only land on and launch from an asteroid (Itokawa), but successfully ...

Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is far smaller and ...

The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

Asteroid Ryugu is a rubble pile of material from the formation of our Solar System. A new study of material returned by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 space probe shows that Ryugu, and likely objects like it ...

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One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted with dust, forming the minerals that now make up about 80% of Bennu. Certain ...