Feast your eyes on the space rocks Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission harvested from asteroid Ryugu – Yahoo Lifestyle Australia

Japan’s ambitious second asteroid return mission, Hayabusa 2, has collected a wealth of material from its destination, Ryugu, which astronomers and other interested parties are almost certainly champing at the bit to play with. Though they may look like ordinary bits of charcoal, they’re genuine asteroid surface material and a little something shiny, too.
Hayabusa 2 was launched in 2014 and arrived at the asteroid named Ryugu in 2018, at which point it deployed a couple landers to test surface conditions….

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