A recent study of samples from the asteroid Itokawa has revealed that "dry" asteroids may have delivered up to half…
According to new research by a team of Japanese researchers, samples from the Itokawa asteroid provide new clues to the…
Asteroid Itokawa had a sometimes violent 4.5 billion year history, according to samples returned by Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa.
From directly inferring the inside of an asteroid for the first time, astronomers have discovered these space rocks can have…
[/caption] No visible material from asteroid Itokawa was found inside the second compartment of a canister returned to Earth by…
[/caption] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the tiny particles inside the Hayabusa spacecraft's sample return container…
[/caption] At a press conference yesterday, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that they had "scraped up"…
[/caption] The sample return canister from the Hayabusa spacecraft has been opened, and does contain a small amount of dust…