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JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2023
JAXA weighs new mission using Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 tech
JAXA aims to launch the probe in the mid-2030s and achieve a sample return in the mid-2040s.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2023
Ryugu asteroid samples suggest ingredients for life came from space
Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2023
Ryugu asteroid helping unravel mysteries of life's origins on Earth
Since Hayabusa2 returned with a sample from the Ryugu asteroid in December 2020, several important discoveries have been made.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 20, 2022
JAXA finds surface of asteroid Ryugu dehydrated from 'space weathering'
Smooth layers caused by solar wind irradiation and frothy layers produced as a result of micrometeoroid impacts were seen in asteroid specimens.
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JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022
Water in asteroid dust collected by Japan's space agency offers clues to life on Earth
The discovery offers new support for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2022
Asteroids may have brought water and organic matter to Earth
A Japanese analysis of eight particles, totaling approximately 59 milligrams, from the Ryugu asteroid found in almost all of them organic matter and water.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 6, 2022
Amino acids found in asteroid samples collected by Hayabusa2 probe
The acids discovered are very important substances for living things and could hold clues to understanding the origins of life.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020
We’re never going to mine the asteroid belt
One factor rules out most space mining at the outset: gravity. It guarantees that most of the solar system's best mineral resources are to be found under our feet on Earth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 19, 2020
Hayabusa2 returned with 5 grams of asteroid soil, far more than target
The capsule brought back by the Hayabusa2 space probe contained more than 5.4 grams of soil samples from a distant asteroid, exceeding the original target of 0.1 gram, Japan's space agency has said.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 16, 2020
Hayabusa2 brings back first-ever gas sample from deep space
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency also confirmed the presence of a 'substantial amount' of soil samples from the Ryugu asteroid.
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EDITORIALS
Dec 10, 2020
Hayabusa2's successful mission may help us reclaim our own past
Science now allows us to pluck pieces of our history from asteroids as they whiz by.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 5, 2020
Hayabusa2 capsule to re-enter atmosphere with ancient asteroid samples
Two samples from the 4.6-billion-year-old Ryugu asteroid could help explain the origin of life.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 18, 2019
Team of Japanese and South Korean researchers to observe asteroid using Hokkaido telescope
A team of Japanese and South Korean researchers will start observing the Ryugu asteroid using a special telescope in Hokkaido from next fall, in hopes of gaining an understanding of how asteroids are formed, a team member said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 13, 2019
Japan's Hayabusa2 leaves asteroid to deliver samples to Earth in 2020
Japan's space agency said Wednesday its Hayabusa2 space probe had departed from an asteroid where it had landed to collect samples, and will now travel some 800 million kilometers to deliver them to Earth in November or December of next year.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2019
Robotic explorer to orbit Ryugu asteroid in final mission for Japan's Hayabusa2
The Hayabusa2 on Thursday released a robotic explorer bound for the surface of an asteroid in the probe's final task before returning to earth, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said.
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JAPAN
May 10, 2019
JAXA finds 10 more artificial craters made on Ryugu asteroid by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday that 10 smaller, man-made craters had been found on an asteroid in addition to the larger crater its Hayabusa2 space probe produced last month as part of its mission to gain insight into the origin of life and the evolution of the solar system.
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JAPAN
Jan 6, 2019
JAXA says landing-site selection for Hayabusa2's touchdown on Ryugu asteroid is in the final stage
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is searching for a suitable site on the Ryugu asteroid that it can safely land its Hayabusa2 spacecraft as early as late this month.
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JAPAN / New Year Special 2019
Jan 1, 2019
Global collaboration needed for future space missions
Japan is launching multiple missions to explore the mysteries of the solar system in the coming years, joining hands with the European Union and countries such as India to compete with space superpowers such as the United States and Russia.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 24, 2018
2018 in science in Japan: Climate change, space exploration and water bears
In casting an eye back over memorable science and environment stories from Japan in 2018, it is impossible to ignore the extreme weather that hit the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 11, 2018
Asteroid touchdown by Japan's Hayabusa2 probe postponed to January
Japan's space agency said Thursday it will postpone space probe Hayabusa2's touchdown on the Ryugu asteroid to around late January from October due to the difficulty in finding a good landing site.

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