Hayabusa2 visited the 900-metre asteroid Ryugu in 2018, returning samples to Earth in 2020. The spacecraft is now on an ...

JAXA's Hayabusa 2 mission to asteroid 1998 KY26 might have unexpected challenges following new data on the rock's size, spin, ...

Following its successful collection of material from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu in 2019, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft swung by Earth to drop off its precious ...

Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is far smaller and faster-spinning than previously thought. Astronomers have conducted a new ...

Asteroid 1998 KY26 is smaller, faster, and brighter than scientists thought, complicating Hayabusa2’s mission of landing on ...

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to ...

A stronomers have found that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft in 2031, is much smaller and faster-spinning than earlier estimates. The discovery poses new challenges for ...

Observations from global observatories, including the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), show that Japan's Hayabusa2 mission's extended target asteroid 1998 KY26 is ...

The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and touchdown on in 2031 is much smaller than previously thought; it's also ...

The size of an asteroid is primarily determined by observing the sunlight it reflects, combined with distance, brightness, ...

The near-Earth asteroid 1998 KY26, a future target of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, is about 11 meters wide, significantly smaller than in earlier ...

The tiny asteroid 1998 KY26 (center) is observed here by the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...