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Planetary science

Planetary science

Asteroid sample offers clues to the origins of our solar system

13 Jul 2022
Still image from a movie taken by the spacecraft Hayabusa2 as it touched down on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, showing part of the spacecraft against a grey, rocky background.
Close encounter: The first touchdown of Hayabusa2 on Ryugu's surface during 22 February 2019. (Courtesy: JAXA/Tokyo University of Science, Kimura Laboratory)
The chemical composition of samples collected from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu are strikingly similar

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Chaneil James is a freelance science communicator
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