S cientists had high hopes for the sample of asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe. The actual findings ...

See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

Researchers find a mineral called djerfisherite in a Ryugu grain, which supposedly forms in circumstances that the asteroid ...

The surface chemistry of pyrrhotites from intact particles directly collected from asteroid (162173) Ryugu was investigated by micro-Raman spectroscopy. The Raman peak characteristic to pyrrhotite was ...

Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu were collected and brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. We investigated the macromolecular organic matter in Ryugu samples and found that ...

Dust samples from asteroid 162173 Ryugu obtained by the spacecraft Hayabusa2 in 2018, revealed the fascinating chemical history of this celestial body. Several types of salt crystals were found among ...

These tiny specks of dust were collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu by a Japanese space mission and then sent to the APS for analysis. Using advanced X-ray technology, including a specialized ...

The specks of asteroid dust were collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu by a Japanese space mission. The researchers then sent samples to the APS for examination using bright X-ray beams.

The 162173 Ryugu asteroid is believed to a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group and new pictures of its surface have been shared by NASA.

The asteroid 1999 JU 3, a target of the Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2, Ewas named “Ryugu E The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a naming proposal campaign between July 22 and August ...