Article 4DWGE New Photos Show the Surprisingly Big Crater Blasted Into Asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe

New Photos Show the Surprisingly Big Crater Blasted Into Asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe

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George Dvorsky
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Earlier this month, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft used an explosive device to create an artificial crater on the Ryugu asteroid, but the probe couldn't stick around to confirm the job for fear of being damaged by debris. The Japanese space agency has now confirmed the artificial crater-but it's not exactly what they"

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