Monday, 28 December 2020

Behold the asteroid chunks returned to Earth from Ryugu

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) sent a probe to the asteroid Ryugu, collected samples, and brought them home.

"Artificial material seems to be present in chamber C. The origin is under investigation, but a probable source is aluminium scraped off the spacecraft sampler horn as the projectile was fired to stir up material during touchdown."