A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

A groundbreaking study recently published in the Planetary Science Journalhas raised the possibility that asteroids Bennu, ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the ...

Experts say asteroid 162173 Ryugu has a remarkably high organic matter content It is a rubble-pile asteroid made up of pieces of rock clumped together by gravity ...

The 1km-wide space rock known formally as 162173 Ryugu belongs to a particularly primitive type of asteroid, and is therefore a relic left over from the early days of our Solar System.

The 1km-wide space rock known formally as 162173 Ryugu belongs to a particularly primitive type of asteroid, and is therefore a relic left over from the early days of our Solar System.

This image of Ryugu's surface was taken by Rover-1A on September 22, 2018 Credit: EPA What is Hayabusa 2? The Hayabusa 2 mission was launched four years ago, in December 2014. The spacecraft ...

They were dropped onto the surface of Asteroid 162173 Ryugu on Monday by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. After exploring the object’s rocky surface, they will take some samples and head back to Earth.

The photos reveal new details of the surface of the space rock, which is known as Ryugu. On 21 September, the rovers were released on to the surface by the "mothership", Hayabusa 2.

Around 27 June, the spacecraft will arrive at a distance of 20km from the asteroid, which goes by the formal name of 162173 Ryugu.