Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago

Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago

Summary

Samples of Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show that the asteroid bears the scars of a recent bombardment by tiny space rocks.

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Samples of Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show that the asteroid bears the scars of a recent bombardment by tiny space rocks.

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