Japan is about to bring back samples of an asteroid 180 million miles away
Published Date: 12/2/2020
Source: technologyreview.com
On December 5, Earth is getting a delivery of something literally out of this world: some small grains and dust snatched up from an asteroid 180 million miles away. Once safely back on Earth, the fragments of Ryugu will help scientists learn more about how the solar system formed.  JAXA, Japan’s space agency, launched Hayabusa2…