Astro Bob: Scientists love 'lumps of coal' in their Christmas stockings
Astro Bob: Scientists love 'lumps of coal' in their Christmas stockings The Japanese Hayabusa-2 asteroid mission returns a bounty of material from a potentially hazardous asteroid, while China's scientists begin examination of a fresh batch of moon rocks. Written By: Bob King for the Duluth News Tribune | 1:31 pm, Dec. 25, 2020 × On Dec. 21, sample catcher chambers in the Hayabusa2 landing capsule were opened and moved to the collection containers in the photo. Each black fragment is a piece of Ryugu, a potentially hazardous asteroid the orbits the sun near the Earth. T...