In 2014, the Japanese space agency JAXA launched a rocket holding a space probe called Hayabusa2 that was sent to Ryugu—a ...

In 2014, the Japanese space agency JAXA sent the Hayabusa2 probe to Ryugu, a carbon-rich C-type asteroid ... enabling ...

Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination controls. Inside the cleanest of clean rooms, a tiny particle was ...

Soil samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa 2 space probe contain organic substances, a discovery that will likely provide clues to the origin of life on Earth, according to ...

The asteroid Ryugu used to pass far closer to the sun ... pale white grains of sand that have not turned dark red. Both types of particles are believed to have been collected during the landing ...

Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft has departed from a faraway asteroid and begun its year-long journey back to Earth. The spacecraft left its orbit around Ryugu on Wednesday with samples of the ...