Japanese Probe Returned More Asteroid Than Expected—Including Pebbles and Gas

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  • December 15, 2020

It looks like coffee beans in a grinder, but it’s actually bits of dust and pebbles scooped up from the surface of asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese space agency confirmed the presence of these precious samples earlier today, following the recent return to Earth of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft.

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