In the immortal words of Will Smith: Welcome to Earth.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully completed its mission to bring a piece of the asteroid Ryugu back to Earth. A capsule carrying the sample detached from the Hyabusa2 spacecraft 130,000 miles from Earth, then landed with help from a parachute and was recovered in a remote area of Australia on Saturday.
According to a report from NPR, this is the first time scientists will be able to examine an asteroid that hasn’t been changed or damaged through the scorching process of entering the Earth’s atmosphere on its own. Since space rocks (like Ryugu) are what eventually become planets, the ability to study this sample could provide clues about how the Earth formed and about creation itself. Read more…
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Source : After six years and millions of miles, a capsule with an asteroid sample lands on Earth
