A Capsule Containing Bits Of An Asteroid Is Plummeting To Earth

This computer-generated image shows the Hayabusa2 spacecraft above the asteroid Ryugu. This weekend, the sample collected by the spacecraft is expected to fall to Earth after a six-year mission.

The sample collected by the spacecraft Hayabusa2 caps a six-year mission to Ryugu. Researchers hope it will offer clues to “the secrets of the birth of the solar system and the birth of life.”

(Image credit: ISAS/JAXA via AP)




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Source: NPR Space News