Hayabusa-229 Dec 2020The best space images of 2020There was stunning cosmic imagery to feast on over the past year - here's our pick of the offerings.29 Dec 202015 Dec 2020Asteroid particles found inside space capsuleScientists in Japan open the Hayabusa-2 space capsule that landed just over a week ago.15 Dec 20206 Dec 2020Japan asteroid sample lands safely on EarthMaterial from a space rock called Ryugu could provide an ''exciting key'' to the origins of the Solar System.6 Dec 20206 Dec 2020Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shapeA team retrieves a capsule carrying the first significant quantities of rock from an asteroid.6 Dec 20205 Dec 2020Rocks from an asteroid set for delivery to EarthA Japanese spacecraft has released a container with material grabbed from a primitive space rock.5 Dec 2020
