TOKYO: Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some

set off after another asteroid.“ We have touchdown!... ” Flight Control announced, immediately

A black particle collected during the space probe Hayabusa2's first landing on the asteroid Ryugu

An artist illustration showing OSIRIS-REx which will travel to near-Earth asteroid Bennu on a

Asteroid Bennu is considered the second most hazardous known asteroid in the solar system

relatively low.... OSIRIS-REx is a NASA mission that went to this asteroid named Bennu, primarily to

.... But they also chose it in part because Bennu is what is known as a near-Earth asteroid....

in a Mars crater where it is to collect 31 samples that are to be returned to Earth with help from

He is part of a team of more than 70 people from Japan who have arrived in Woomera for recovery of the capsule.... At an altitude of six miles, the capsule will release a parachute, and where it will drift as it descends will add to the uncertainty.“ The landing place depends on the wind on that day, ” Dr.... The area that searchers might have to cover could stretch some 60 miles, he said. The trail of the fireball of superheated air created by the re-entering capsule will help guide the recov

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