The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The destination is part of an extended mission, called Hayabusa 2, following ...

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly ...

Material collected from an asteroid via spacecraft closely matches the heavier elements of the sun, providing scientists with ...

A new analysis of asteroid Ryugu hints that the "potentially hazardous" space rock once had flowing water in its core, ...

Recent research by Japanese scientists indicates that upon analyzing samples returned from asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 mission five years ago, they discovered some unusual phenomena suggesting ...

In 2018, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft landed a rover on the surface of Ryugu to supplement remote sensing data with direct rock samples. Some tiny rock fragments were eventually sent back to Earth in ...

Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu was previously covered in flowing water, say researchers examining samples returned by JAXA's ...

Tom Zega, a University of Arizona scientist who's worked on samples brought back from the asteroid Bennu, tells The Show more ...

The quest to find life beyond Earth takes a fascinating turn. NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a sample from Jezero ...

Selecting the right spot to smash a spacecraft into the surface of a hazardous asteroid to deflect it must be done with great ...