Jun 17, 2022Asteroid
40 international proposals accepted to study the sample from asteroid Ryugu
Jun 13, 2022Asteroid
Ryugu may have originated from a comet nucleus that contained amino acids needed for life on Earth
Jun 10, 2022Asteroid
Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Chemical Analysis Team reveals aqueous alteration and primitive composition of asteroid Ryugu
Mar 17, 2022Cosmos blog
Global Space News: An Earth Trojan --an asteroid that shares the Earth's orbit around the Sun-- has been discovered! Our researchers talk about our backyard neighbours and ideas for exploration missions
Feb 11, 2022Asteroid
Pebbles flying over Ryugu and returned grains
Jan 27, 2022ISAS GATE
The 900-million-km-long journey of asteroids that brought us the materials for life --- Understanding the history of the formation of the Solar System with the clue of ammonium-bearing minerals
Jan 14, 2022Cosmos blog
Global Space News: Grains from Itokawa offer a new route for the Earth's water. Our researchers discuss what this may mean for the habitability of planets.
Jan 7, 2022Asteroid
If we're ready to explore, how about this destination? Asteroid with a refreshed surface after losing its top layer discovered in the asteroid belt.
Dec 23, 2021Asteroid
A first look at the composition of the sample from asteroid Ryugu with the infrared spectroscopic microscope, MicrOmega.
Dec 22, 2021Asteroid
Ryugu is a primitive asteroid rich in water and organic matter ─ A first look at the unprocessed carbonaceous asteroid sample returned by Hayabusa2 ─
Dec 15, 2021ISAS GATE
Dissipation timescale of dust in protoplanetary disks revealed with Japanese satellite AKARI
Nov 15, 2021Cosmos blog
Global space news: NASA's Lucy mission is headed for the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Our researchers discuss what this new exploration of small bodies may find.
Oct 27, 2021Cosmos blog
Global space news: What can we do to protect our planet from celestial impacts? Our researchers talk about their work in Planetary Defence on Cosmos.
Jul 27, 2021Asteroid
If we're ready to explore, how about these destinations? Discovery of very red bodies in the asteroid belt that resemble trans-Neptunian objects.
Jun 17, 2021Asteroid
The Phase 2 curation analysis for material from the Hayabusa2 sample is about to begin at the synchrotron radiation facility, SPring-8, led by the Kochi Institute team
May 25, 2021Asteroid
Discovery of the most primitive boulders on Ryugu
Mar 25, 2021Cosmos blog
Helping to bring an asteroid home
Dec 15, 2020Asteroid
Confirmation of the sample collected during the first touchdown on asteroid Ryugu by asteroid explorer, Hayabusa2