asteroids
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Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Captures First Close-Up Image Of Ryugu Asteroid
Yesterday, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft came tantalisingly close to Ryugu, offering an unprecedented view of the asteroid’s boulder-strewn surface.
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Newly Discovered ‘Asteroid’ Is Far Freakier Than Astronomers Expected
When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it’s a binary pair. Turns out that an asteroid discovered late last year is actually two gravitationally-bound objects in orbit around each other. But this particular duo, dubbed 2017 YE5, belongs to an exceptionally rare class of near-Earth objects.
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Hell Yes, Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Has Officially Entered Orbit Around The Ryugu Asteroid
After nearly four years of travelling through space, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully rendezvoused with the Ryugu asteroid, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed Thursday. Let the next stage of this historic sampling-and-return mission begin!
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Small Asteroid Strikes Africa Just Hours After It Was Spotted
A meteor lit up the sky over Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening local time. Scientists discovered the 2m-wide asteroid just hours before it reached Earth.