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Spacecraft with precious asteroid cargo is almost home after 3 billion-mile trekOn Dec. 6, 2020, after six years in space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will finally return to Earth.
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Meteors more massive than the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth 800 million years agoA shower of meteors that slammed into the moon (and Earth) had a collective mass estimated to be as much as 60 times that of the asteroid that blasted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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Mercury probe snaps stunning photos of our planet during Earth flybyA spacecraft bound for Mercury beamed home stunning views of Earth during a crucial flyby conducted early today (April 10).
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BepiColombo Spacecraft Headed to Mercury Snaps 1st Photo, a Selfie -
They Made It! Japan's Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid RyuguA pair of tiny Japanese robots sent back wild images once they successfully landed on their new home, the asteroid Ryugu.
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BB-8 Flies? Adorable Japanese Drone Ball Tours Space Station -
Japanese Spy Satellite Launches to Watch North Korea -
Space Junk Solution? Japan Would Use a Tether to Nab Debris & Destroy ItA new technology that would use a roughly half-mile-long tether to grab large pieces of space debris and dispose of them is being tested in space.
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True Shape of Raindrop Revealed in NASA VideoThis fascinating video explains how a raindrop falls through the atmosphere and why a more accurate look at raindrops can improve estimates of global precipitation.
