Scientists Confirm Returned Asteroid Probe Contains Soil Sample
Space Technology is discovering loads and loads of undiscovered facets of our universe. Humanity has used space science and satellite technology to understand many events like a black hole, the big bang, etc. Now, humans have achieved one more feat in their quest to understand the space related to asteroids. The Hayabusa2 mission has successfully delivered the asteroid samples from the Ryugu asteroid. JAXA (Japanese Space Agency) has confirmed black soil samples present inside a capsule that Hayabusa2 brought back from a distant asteroid. About Hayabusa2 Mission Hayabusa2 is a Japanese space expedition launched to study the Ryugu asteroid and collect soil samples and any other if present. Hayabusa2 had to bring back these samples to Earth for further analysis. The collected samples came to Earth this December 2020 when Hayabusa2 dropped the capsule containing the sample using a parachute. It took almost three and a half years for Hayabusa2 to reach the asteroid. There are many scienti...