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Help name the asteroid that Japan's Hayabusa2 probe will fly by in 2026
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJapan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will zoom past a small near-Earth asteroid in 2026 as part of its...
Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSamples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar...
Japan testing spacecraft technology to deflect asteroid on collision course with Earth
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJapan’s Jaxaspace agency is reportedly planning tests to repurpose its Hayabusa2 spacecraft to prove...
'Building blocks of life' recovered from asteroid Ryugu are older than the solar system itself
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGrains from the asteroid Ryugu alloted to the Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Soluble Organic Matter Team...
Organic compounds found on asteroid and meteorite challenge ideas of where organic molecules formed
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHayabusa2 mission JIJI PRESS/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images Carbon is often referred to as "the...
Key building block for life discovered on distant asteroid Ryugu — and it could explain how life on...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn animation of asteroid Ryugu made with images from JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission. For the first time,...
Messenger comets might be why Earth has life, asteroid Ryugu samples suggest
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSamples of the asteroid Ryugu, returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission, carry evidence that...
Ryugu asteroid samples contain clues to origin of life, Japan scientists say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDust from an asteroid collected by a Japanese space probe contains clues to the origin of life,...
What would happen if the asteroid Ryugu hit Earth?
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn illustration of the asteroid Ryugu making a close approach to Earth Scientists have calculated what would happen if the asteroid Ryugu struck our...
Space mission shows Earth's water may be from asteroids, study says
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWater may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system,...