Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...

In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

A stunning image of asteroid Ryugu has ignited a storm on social media, with its clarity and detail capturing the imagination of users worldwide. It is thought that these rocky formations are made ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

Artwork: Mascot has a mechanism inside that means it can flip itself to a new location Japan's space agency (Jaxa) has put another lander on the surface of asteroid 162173, or Ryugu. The Hayabusa ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu are helping scientists uncover secrets about how the outer regions of our solar system ...

The two small "rovers", which were despatched from the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft on Friday, will move around the 1km-wide space rock known as Ryugu. The asteroid's low gravity means they can hop ...

Thanks to asteroid Ryugu, now we know. The asteroid is a peculiar one – maybe even an extinct comet. It was visited by the Japanese mission Hayabusa-2, which collected samples from the surface ...