Hayabusa2

Japan's capsule returns to Earth with asteroid samples

Hayabusa2 spacecraft released a small capsule that has landed in a remote, sparsely populated area of Woomera, Australia, Japan's space agency says.

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes second asteroid landing

The spacecraft on desolate asteroid Ryugu, some 300 million km from Earth, is on a mission of collecting samples in hopes of finding clues to the origin of the solar system.