Here’s the surface of an asteroid like you’ve never seen it before
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 asteroid probe snapped some gorgeous images of the surface of Ryugu. The photos show the color contrast of Ryugu’s surface, with the redder …
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Japan’s asteroid probe sends lander to surface, delivers another ‘first’ photo
The Japanese asteroid probe Hayabusa-2 has already delivered some gorgeous images from its orbit around the asteroid Ryugu which it arrived at a number of …
Japanese probe sends back stunning new images from asteroid’s surface
It’s only been a couple of days since Japanese space agency JAXA showed off the very first images taken from an asteroid’s surface, but we’re …
The first photos from the surface of an asteroid looks like something from a space horror movie
We’ve seen plenty of photos taken from the surface of places other than Earth. There’s the Moon of course, a huge archive of images snapped …
Japanese asteroid probe sends hopping rovers down to space rock’s surface
At the end of August, Japanese space agency JAXA announced when it would attempt to deploy a pair of very special rovers to the surface …
Japan just announced when it will attempt to land on an asteroid
It’s been about two months since Japan’s space program, JAXA, arrived at the asteroid known as Ryugu. The mission began way back in 2014, and …
Japan’s asteroid probe just arrived at a massive space rock, and now it gets to blow stuff up
Back in 2014, Japan’s space program JAXA launched an asteroid probe that had a long journey ahead of it. The spacecraft, called Hayabusa 2, spent …
