Already, the unmanned rovers have sent back the first images while on the surface ... a series of pictures that revealed the asteroid’s shape. The asteroid of choice was 162173 Ryugu, or ...

The asteroid lander MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), which was built by DLR in cooperation ... It arrived at its destination on 27 June 2018 and began characterising the asteroid called Ryugu.

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However, despite the incredible challenge posed by the rocky surface of Ryugu, JAXA says its probe pulled off the feat, successfully firing the projectile into the asteroid’s surface and then ...

Researchers have found more than 20 different amino acids, the building blocks of life, in soil samples Japan’s Hayabusa 2 space probe brought back from the asteroid Ryugu, according to sources.