The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Minerva-II1 rover captured this view of asteroid Ryugu (bottom) and the Hayabusa2 spacecraft (at top right) just after the rover separated from the spacecraft ...

The sample brought back to Earth by the Hayabusa 2 space probe is described as being very “fresh” because it originated relatively soon after the birth of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.

BERLIN — A shoebox-sized European space robot turned up a few surprises when it hopped around on an asteroid last week. In newly released images, the surface of the asteroid Ryugu is "even crazier" ...

Uracil, a key molecule found in all living organisms, has been detected in a near-Earth asteroid. An international team of experts, led by Professor Yasuhiro Oba in Japan analysed samples from Ryugu, ...

A sample returned from the Ryugu asteroid by the Hayabusa2 space probe is seen in this image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). TOKYO -- A sample brought back from the asteroid ...

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