In the study, "Rapid colonization of a space-returned Ryugu ... particle collected by the JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission from asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Transported to Earth in a hermetically sealed chamber ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more ...

The mission will see its spacecraft, Vestri, dock on the company’s target near-Earth asteroid, whose identity remains unknown. The company announced the new mission alongside details of $40 ...

In 2020, it successfully returned samples from asteroid Ryugu ... highlights how even slight exposure can lead to microbial colonization of space-returned materials. This is important for all ...