Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft bombs Ryugu asteroid

Forget bullets, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has detonated a bomb on the asteroid Ryugu to scoop up more samples. It deployed the device, known as the Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) — a 14kg copper container attached to the Hayabusa2 and packed with…

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