See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

Researchers find a mineral called djerfisherite in a Ryugu grain, which supposedly forms in circumstances that the asteroid ...

The surface chemistry of pyrrhotites from intact particles directly collected from asteroid (162173) Ryugu was investigated by micro-Raman spectroscopy. The Raman peak characteristic to pyrrhotite was ...

Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu were collected and brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. We investigated the macromolecular organic matter in Ryugu samples and found that ...

These tiny specks of dust were collected from asteroid 162173 Ryugu by a Japanese space mission and then sent to the APS for analysis. Using advanced X-ray technology, including a specialized ...

The 162173 Ryugu asteroid is believed to a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group and new pictures of its surface have been shared by NASA.

1. Selected name: Ryugu 2. Selection reasons In the Japanese ancient story “Urashima Taro E the main character, Taro Urashima, brought back a casket from the Dragon’s palace, or the “Ryugu ECastle, at ...

Ryugu, formally known as 162173 Ryugu, is a 2850-foot (870-meter) wide near-Earth asteroid that lacks a protective atmosphere.