Hayabusa 2's primary mission is now well in the past. JAXA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with asteroid Ryugu in ...

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe ...

Having already delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth, Hayabusa2 will soon attempt one of the closest, riskiest flybys in spaceflight history.

Japan's space agency has released images of an asteroid called Torifune captured by a probe while conducting a flyby.

Japan's space probe Hayabusa2 has completed a flyby observation of an asteroid as it heads for its next destination in space.

Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 has a close encounter with a peanut-shaped asteroid, Torifune. Credit: JAXA / The University of ...

Japan’s veteran Hayabusa2 spacecraft recently completed a daring, ultra-close flyby of the asteroid Torifune, sending home the first-ever close-ups of a bizarre "two-headed" asteroid located 62 ...

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is set for a daring flyby just 1 km from the asteroid Torifune, testing autonomous navigation ...

The encounter marks a new phase for Hayabusa2, which completed its primary mission in 2020 after returning samples from the ...

The asteroid Torifune, recently photographed by the Hayabusa2 probe, displays an astonishing peanut shape typical of contact ...

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is preparing for one of the most daring close encounters ever attempted with an asteroid. On July 5, 2026, the probe will speed past a near-Earth asteroid called Torifune ...