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As OSIRIS-REx Returns to Earth From Asteroid Bennu, a Look Behind the Scenes

Kimberly M.S. Cartier 23/09/2023

OSIRIS-REx will help reveal Bennu’s detailed carbon chemistry and...

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Asteroid Ryugu Findings Suggest Building Blocks of Life on Earth Came From Space

Trevor Ireland 23/03/2023

A team of Japanese and American scientists has analysed...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa2's capsule carrying the first extensive samples of an asteroid lit up as it enters the earth's atmosphere

Japan Retrieves Asteroid Samples in Hunt for Origins of Planets

Melanie Burton 06/12/2020

Japan's craft orbited above the asteroid for a few months to...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa2's capsule carrying the first extensive samples of an asteroid lit up as it enters the earth's atmosphere

Japanese Space Probe Carrying Asteroid Pieces Lands in Australia

Melanie Burton 06/12/2020

Asteroids are believed to have formed at the dawn...

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Japanese Spacecraft Gets Ready To Drop an Asteroid Chunk in Australia

Trevor Ireland 04/12/2020

The fragments of rock and dust will tell us...

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Japanese Probe Hayabusa 2 Touches Down on Asteroid to Collect Samples

Kaori Kaneko and Malcolm Foster 22/02/2019

It is the second Japanese spacecraft to land on...

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We Know the Future Is Here Because Space Mining Is Here

Prakash Chandra 14/02/2019

It is not far-fetched to think that engineers could...