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Asteroids near the Earth have a porous structure
Data from Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft shows that the asteroid Ryugu is as highly porous as it is
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Result of a 4.6 billion-year-old asteroid shot of Japanese ship
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft explodes the surface of Ryugu, creating a sinkhole to help scientists understand the asteroid's composition.
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Japanese spacecraft dropped the last robot on the asteroid
Hayabusa 2 dropped MINERVA-II2, a robot whose main task was to study the gravity of the asteroid Ryugu, before returning to Earth.
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Japan is about to drop the last robot on the asteroid
The landing robot will land on the asteroid Ryugu and collect samples to help scientists learn about the early solar system.
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New discoveries about Ryugu asteroid near Earth
This asteroid has a diameter of 900m, so the asteroid's gravity is 66,500 times weaker than the Earth.
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The second time Japanese probes kicked down asteroids, sending precious film footage
It also sends unique footage!
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Japanese explorer ship collects rock samples from Ryugu asteroid
JAXA said the country's Hayabusa 2 explorer ship began the process of landing at the Ryugu asteroid ...
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Japanese robots first landed on asteroids
Two adventurous robots landed on Ryugu's surface, asteroids about 900 meters in diameter, and sent some new images.
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The asteroid discovery robot is hundreds of millions of kilometers from Earth
On October 3, Japan's unmanned aerial probe Hayabusa2 brought Mascot - a new observation robot - onto the Ryugu asteroid.
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There are no signs of water and life on Ryugu asteroids?
Since arriving at Ryugu asteroid in June this year, the Hayabusa2 Spacecraft probe has studied 54,000 points on its surface.
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The Japanese space exploration ship has made great strides in its mission to find the source of life
According to the plan, this ship will make three landings on Ryugu to collect soil samples. The first landing is scheduled for September or October.