The asteroid sample, coded A0180, was collected by the Japanese Space Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 probe in 2018. This mission ...
such as from NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars. In 2020, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft returned to Earth with 5.4 grams of ...
The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...
A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms ...
In 2020, a NASA spacecraft retrieved samples from ... ingredients for life came to Earth by way of meteorite and asteroid impacts. Sample return missions can provide unprecedented access and ...
The spunky Lucy mission will make a second gravity assist of our world tonight as it heads off on its hunt for the solar ...
HOPES of finding traces of alien life in the universe have been scuppered yet again. And this time on asteroid Ryugu, a space rock with an orbit that passes between Earth and Mars. The Japanese ...
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned asteroid samples, enabling a vast observation campaign that provided new insights into ...
An asteroid is expected to make a “close pass” to Earth next month. In October, NASA confirmed that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 ...
Imperial College London scientists say microbes on asteroid samples from Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission have down to Earth ...
The massive space rock is large enough to wipe out a small city, and it's moving toward Earth at about 27,500 miles per hour, ...
An asteroid produced a 'harmless fireball' in the skies over Siberia with videos of the event shared to social media.