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Asteroid dust recovered from Japan’s daring Hayabusa2 mission

Scientists hope the dark grains from asteroid Ryugu will improve their understanding of the Solar System’s formation.
  1. Smriti Mallapaty
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Japan’s mission to bring asteroid dust back to Earth has succeeded. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed on 14 December that a capsule from spacecraft Hayabusa2, which landed in an Australian desert last week, contained black grains from asteroid Ryugu.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03451-6

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