National Oct 22, 2020
NASA says images suggest 'success' in asteroid sample collection
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Tuesday unfurled its robotic arm to touch the surface of Bennu for six seconds.
National | FOCUS Sep 29, 2020
Hayabusa2's next next mission: small, rapidly spinning asteroid
The craft is set to travel to an asteroid some 10 billion kilometers away, arriving in July 2031.
National / Science & Health Sep 16, 2020
The probe is expected to reach its next target, the 1998KY26 asteroid traveling between Earth and Mars, in July 2031.
World / Science & Health Aug 19, 2020
Small asteroid becomes closest ever seen passing Earth, NASA says
An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday. If it had been on a collision course with Earth, the asteroid — named 2020 QG — would likely ...
National Jul 28, 2020
Japan team finds traces of one of largest craters in solar system
A Japanese research team has announced the discovery of traces of the largest impact craters in the solar system on a moon of Jupiter. The group from Kobe University and National Institute of Technology, Oshima College analyzed images of Ganymede's surface taken by the Voyager ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jul 28, 2020
Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earth-bound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said on Monday. The asteroid is presently near Mars and its orbit is expected to cross that of Earth in ...
National / Science & Health Jul 15, 2020
Hayabusa2 probe to drop Ryugu asteroid capsule on Earth on Dec. 6
The capsule is set to fall onto a desert in southern Australia using a parachute after entering the atmosphere at a speed of 12 kilometers per second.
National / Science & Health Dec 3, 2019
Japan's Hayabusa2 on homeward journey with main engines activated
Japan's space agency said Tuesday its Hayabusa2 probe is now homeward bound after activating its main engines following completion of its mission to collect samples from an asteroid. The probe is scheduled to travel around 800 million kilometers to deliver the samples from the Ryugu ...
National / 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's Hayabusa2 probe recently completed a ...
National / 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. The Minerva-II2, a small rover attached to Hayabusa2, began its descent toward the surface ...
World / Science & Health Jul 2, 2019
Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object isn't alien spaceship
After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship. Its odd shape and motion had prompted ...
National 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 ...