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Footage Of Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Touchdown On Asteroid Ryugu
See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...
Scientists discover life on samples of asteroid Ryugu. Here's what it means
The examination of a sample brought from asteroid Ryugu in outer space turned exciting for scientists when they found it had ...
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Japan brought rocks from asteroid Ryugu. Earth-based bacteria colonised it
The samples were collected by Japan’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft, which launched in December 2014 and successfully rendezvoused with Ryugu in June 2018.
OKEANOS—A mission that would have returned samples from the Trojan asteroids
Getting a mission to the point of officially being accepted for launch is an ordeal. However, even when they aren't selected ...
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New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months
On Tuesday, a second-stage engine designed for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) new Epsilon S rocket exploded ...
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'Hidden black hole' devouring curious star exposed by new X-ray space telescope
Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...
The engine of Japan’s flagship new small rocket explodes during a test for a second time
The engine for a flagship new small Japanese rocket has burst into flames during a combustion test, but there was no injury ...
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Signs of Life in Asteroid Sample Turn Out to Be Something Embarrassing
Bad news, folks: those samples from the asteroid Ryugu appear to have been contaminated by life here on Earth.
Bacteria found on asteroid was actually Earthly contamination, scientists report
When scientists discovered water and a chemical compound common in RNA on a rock from the asteroid Ryugu, astronomy fans and ...